Republican National Committee - Chairmen of The Republican National Committee

Chairmen of The Republican National Committee

# Chairman Term State Notes
1 Edwin Denison Morgan 1856–1864 New York
2 Henry Jarvis Raymond 1864–1866 New York
3 Marcus Lawrence Ward 1866–1868 New Jersey
4 William Claflin 1868–1872 Massachusetts
5 Edwin Denison Morgan 1872–1876 New York Second term
6 Zachariah Chandler 1876–1879 Michigan
7 James Donald Cameron 1879–1880 Pennsylvania
8 Marshall Jewell 1880–1883 Connecticut
9 Dwight M. Sabin 1883–1884 Minnesota
10 Benjamin Franklin Jones 1884–1888 New Jersey
11 Matthew Stanley Quay 1888–1891 Pennsylvania
12 James S. Clarkson 1891–1892 Iowa
13 William J. Campbell 1892 Illinois Elected June 1892, Declined July 1892 was Lieutenant Governor of Illinois)
14 Thomas H. Carter 1892–1896 Montana Elected in place of W.J. Campbell in July 1892
15 Marcus A. Hanna 1896–1904 Ohio
16 Henry Clay Payne 1904 Wisconsin
17 George Bruce Cortelyou 1904–1907 New York
18 Harry S. New 1907–1908 Indiana
19 Frank Harris Hitchcock 1908–1909 Ohio
20 John Fremont Hill 1909–1912 Maine
21 Victor Rosewater 1912 Nebraska
22 Charles D. Hilles 1912–1916 New York
23 William R. Wilcox 1916–1918 New York
24 Will H. Hays 1918–1921 Indiana
25 John T. Adams 1921–1924 Iowa
26 William M. Butler 1924–1928 Massachusetts
27 Hubert Work 1928–1929 Colorado
28 Claudius H. Huston 1929–1930 Tennessee First Southerner to be elected chairman
29 Simeon Davison Fess 1930-1932 Ohio
30 Everett Sanders 1932–1934 Indiana
31 Henry P. Fletcher 1934–1936 Pennsylvania
32 John D. M. Hamilton 1936–1940 Kansas
33 Joseph W. Martin, Jr. 1940–1942 Massachusetts Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1947–49 & 1953–55
34 Harrison E. Spangler 1942–1944 Iowa
35 Herbert Brownell, Jr. 1944–1946 New York
36 Carroll Reece 1946–1948 Tennessee
37 Hugh D. Scott, Jr. 1948–1949 Pennsylvania
38 Guy G. Gabrielson 1949–1952 New Jersey
39 Arthur E. Summerfield 1952–1953 Michigan
40 Wesley Roberts 1953 Kansas
41 Leonard W. Hall 1953–1957 New York
42 Meade Alcorn 1957–1959 Connecticut
43 Thruston B. Morton 1959–1961 Kentucky
44 William E. Miller 1961–1964 New York Party's 1964 candidate for Vice President
45 Dean Burch 1964–1965 Arizona
46 Ray C. Bliss 1965–1969 Ohio
47 Rogers C. B. Morton 1969–1971 Maryland
48 Robert Dole 1971–1973 Kansas Party's candidate for Vice President (1976) and President (1996)
49 George H. W. Bush 1973–1974 Texas 41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
50 Mary Louise Smith 1974–1977 Iowa Only woman to become RNC chairperson.
51 William E. Brock III 1977–1981 Tennessee
52 Richard Richards 1981–1983 Utah
53 Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr. 1983–1989 Nevada Paul Laxalt served as general chairman from 1983–1987.
Betty Heitman served as co-chair from 1983–1987
Maureen Reagan served as co-chair from 1987–1989.
54 Lee Atwater 1989–1991 South Carolina
55 Clayton Keith Yeutter 1991–1992 Nebraska
56 Richard Bond 1992–1993 Missouri
57 Haley Barbour 1993–1997 Mississippi
58 Jim Nicholson 1997–2001 Colorado
59 Jim Gilmore 2001–2002 Virginia
60 Marc Racicot 2002–2003 Montana
61 Ed Gillespie 2003–2005 Virginia
62 Ken Mehlman 2005–2007 Washington, D.C. Stepped down at end of 2006
63 Mel Martinez 2007 Florida Served with Mike Duncan as general chairman.
63 Mike Duncan 2007–2009 Kentucky Senator Mel Martinez served with Duncan as general chairman before stepping down in October 2007.
64 Michael Steele 2009–2011 Maryland Only African-American Chairman.
Jan Larimer served as co-chair.
65 Reince Priebus 2011–present Wisconsin Sharon Day serves as co-chair.

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