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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Iowa Democratic Party offices</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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<ul> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1856/IA.html">1856: Cincinnati, Ohio</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/IA.html">1860: Charleston, S.C. and Baltimore, Md.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/IA.html">1864: Chicago, Ill.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/IA.html">1876: St. Louis, Mo.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/IA.html">1880: Cincinnati, Ohio</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/IA.html">1884: Chicago, Ill.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/IA.html">1888: St. Louis, Mo.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/IA.html">1892: Chicago, Ill.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/IA.html">1900: Kansas City, Mo.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/IA.html">1904: St. Louis, Mo.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/IA.html">1908: Denver, Colo.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/IA.html">1912: Baltimore, Md.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/IA.html">1916: St. Louis, Mo.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/IA.html">1920: San Francisco, Calif.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/IA.html">1924: New York, N.Y.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/IA.html">1928: Houston, Tex.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/IA.html">1932: Chicago, Ill.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/IA.html">1936: Philadelphia, Pa.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IA.html">1940: Chicago, Ill.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/IA.html">1944: Chicago, Ill.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/IA.html">1948: Philadelphia, Pa.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/IA.html">1952: Chicago, Ill.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/IA.html">1964: Atlantic City, N.J.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/IA.html">1972: Miami Beach, Fla.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/IA.html">1976: New York, N.Y.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/IA.html">1980: New York, N.Y.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/IA.html">1984: San Francisco, Calif.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/IA.html">1988: Atlanta, Ga.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1992/IA.html">1992: New York, N.Y.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/IA.html">1996: Chicago, Ill.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/IA.html">2000: Los Angeles, Calif.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/IA.html">2004: Boston, Mass.</a> <li> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/IA.html">2008: Denver, Colo.</a> </ul> <a name="COCHAIR">Iowa Democratic Party County Chairs:</a> very incomplete! <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BH-parties.html">Black Hawk</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MD-parties.html">Madison</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WB-parties.html">Webster</a> </ul> </ul> <hr> <a name="20126">Democratic state chairs, 1859-2008</a> (Incomplete!) <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williamson.html#487.59.33">James A. Williamson</a> 1859 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#730.27.78">E. J. Feuling</a> as of 1925 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#221.61.31">J. Ray Files</a> as of 1925-27 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell7.html#706.75.65">Richard F. Mitchell</a> 1928-31 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/birdsall-biship.html#909.75.89">Edward H. Birmingham</a> as of 1937-39 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morang-moreaux.html#399.99.57">Jake More</a> as of 1945-49 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morang-moreaux.html#399.99.57">Jake More</a> as of 1955-58 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/larson.html#934.57.87">Clif Larson</a> as of 1971 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brennan.html#915.99.74">Scott Brennan</a> as of 2008 <a name="20127">Democratic state vice-chairs, 1936-2008</a> (Incomplete!) <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keitt-kellett.html#167.40.02">Mary S. Kelleher</a> 1936-40 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young1.html#828.55.38">Benona Young</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maclafferty-madar.html#855.36.73">Gertrude MacQueen</a> as of 1971 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/swindall-swoope.html#139.07.06">Sarah Swisher</a> as of 2008 <a name="20128">Members of Democratic National Committee, 1876-2008</a> (Incomplete!) <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halstad-hamill.html#215.09.34">Moses M. Ham</a> as of 1876-80 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#409.62.46">J. J. Richardson</a> as of 1888 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wade.html#039.53.01">Martin J. Wade</a> 1912 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laws-lawyer.html#257.14.58">Anne B. Lawther</a> as of 1920 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marsh-marshal.html#291.38.62">Wilbur W. Marsh</a> as of 1920-21 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#870.72.67">Clyde L. Herring</a> as of 1924-28 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/estevan-evanoff.html#942.98.59">Flora Cotton Etter</a> 1928-39 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynolds.html#639.45.07">J. W. Reynolds</a> as of 1929 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/urbahns-uttley.html#794.98.82">Hubert G. Utterback</a> 1937-40 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comeau-compromiser.html#573.79.60">Frank J. Comfort</a> 1940 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keitt-kellett.html#167.40.02">Mary S. Kelleher</a> 1940 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#556.86.09">G. G. Jeck</a> as of 1947-49 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lynch.html#405.98.33">Florence Lynch</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelly1.html#100.62.05">Alberta Metcalf Kelly</a> as of 1954-63 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell2.html#815.69.87">Donald J. Mitchell</a> as of 1954-63 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulton.html#127.76.87">Robert D. Fulton</a> as of 1971 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/verna-vigorito.html#284.75.61">Dagmar Vidal</a> as of 1971 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baxter.html#086.23.51">Elaine Baxter</a> as of 1988 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peterson.html#532.02.13">Mike Peterson</a> as of 1996 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culver.html#621.37.29">Chet Culver</a> as of 2004 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischer.html#563.41.03">Gordon Fischer</a> as of 2004 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitzgerald.html#322.52.56">Michael L. Fitzgerald</a> as of 2004-08 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#397.87.89">Pat Marshall</a> as of 2004 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller8.html#381.46.94">Tom Miller</a> as of 2004 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peckham-peisner.html#217.32.47">Sally J. Pederson</a> as of 2004 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rainie-ralph.html#913.95.51">Ken Rains</a> as of 2004 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas5.html#036.23.78">Julianne Thomas</a> as of 2004 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vilac-vinal.html#499.23.90">Tom Vilsack</a> as of 2004 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gritzmacher-grosfeld.html#506.19.90">Michael Gronstal</a> as of 2008 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#306.29.31">Richard Machacek</a> as of 2008 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/onen-orner.html#510.69.77">Sandy Opstvedt</a> as of 2008 <a name="20130">Democratic state party secretaries, 1926-71</a> (Incomplete!) <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keitt-kellett.html#167.40.02">Mary S. Kelleher</a> 1926-36 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lynch.html#405.98.33">Florence Lynch</a> 1936-40 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/verna-vigorito.html#249.49.49">Vernon M. Vierth</a> as of 1937 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#710.38.91">Mary Dalton Cole</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moultrie-moynihan.html#276.70.18">Ruth Moyer</a> as of 1971 <a name="20131">Democratic state party treasurers, 1949-71</a> (Incomplete!) <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/christinson-chumbler.html#745.42.85">Iver Christoffersen</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/skinner.html#292.45.46">Ed Skinner</a> as of 1971 <a name="20138">Members of Democratic State Central Committee, 1948-83</a> (Incomplete!) <ul> <li> 1st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#438.84.24">Walter H. Beuse</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelly1.html#100.62.05">Alberta Metcalf Kelly</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maclafferty-madar.html#855.36.73">Gertrude MacQueen</a> as of 1971 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schlacter-schmies.html#679.26.06">John R. Schmidhauser</a> as of 1971 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baxter.html#066.42.80">Harry Youngs Baxter</a> as of 1983 <li> 2nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hogan.html#854.53.49">M. P. Hogan</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladislas-lair.html#617.71.99">Stella Laffan</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson8.html#683.66.51">Steve Jackson</a> as of 1971 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#455.58.31">Jean Pardee</a> as of 1971 <li> 3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burts-busey.html#437.78.27">Leona Busching</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/christinson-chumbler.html#745.42.85">Iver Christoffersen</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hathcock-havenner.html#422.21.85">Jean Haugland</a> as of 1971 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ross.html#795.71.17">Robert Ross</a> as of 1971 <li> 4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daughton-daveis.html#112.72.45">J. P. Daughton</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young1.html#828.55.38">Benona Young</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moultrie-moynihan.html#276.70.18">Ruth Moyer</a> as of 1971 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#313.10.49">James P. Rielly</a> as of 1971 <li> 5th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark9.html#803.54.48">Wade Clark</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#545.08.18">Beulah Ridler</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kochendorfer-kolski.html#568.75.32">Blanche Koenig</a> as of 1971 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/skinner.html#292.45.46">Ed Skinner</a> as of 1971 <li> 6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#710.38.91">Mary Dalton Cole</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murrell-myer.html#726.00.76">Charles B. Murtagh</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccloskey-mcclung.html#383.61.76">Neil R. McCluhan</a> as of 1971 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payne-payrow.html#154.90.39">Nancy Payne</a> as of 1971 <li> 7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wattson-weatherwax.html#762.15.49">Otha D. Wearin</a> 1948-52 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peterson.html#914.30.90">Ethel Peterson</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crowninshield-crystal.html#656.74.49">John Cruise</a> as of 1971 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simonsen-simpkins.html#519.88.09">Phyllis Simonsen</a> as of 1971 <li> 8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleage-clemente.html#132.41.94">Tom P. Cleary</a> as of 1949 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moran.html#993.58.50">Anna Moran</a> as of 1949 </ul> <a name="20139">Members of Democratic State Committee, 1990-93</a> (Incomplete!) <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransome-rattliff.html#010.07.77">Stephen J. Rapp</a> 1990-93 </ul> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. 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