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The
Republican National Committee
(RNC) provides national leadership for the
Republican Party Of The United States
. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican
Political Platform
, as well as coordinating
Fundraising
and election strategy. It is also responsible for organizing and running the
Republican National Convention
. The current
Chairman
is
Ken Mehlman
.
There are similar committees in every
U.S. State
and most
U.S. Counties
, though in some states, party organization within states is organized by
Congressional Districts
. Allied campaign organizations may also be governed by a national committee, such as the
College Republican National Committee
.
The , membership reached 145.
Its
Democratic Party
counterpart is the
Democratic National Committee
and its
Green Party
counterpart is the
Green National Committee
.
CHAIRMEN OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Edwin D. Morgan
1856
-
1864
Henry J. Raymond
1864
-
1866
Marcus L. Ward
1866
-
1868
William Claflin
1868
-
1872
Edwin D. Morgan
1872
-
1876
Zachariah Chandler
1876
-
1879
J. Donald Cameron
1879
-
1880
Marshall Jewell
1880
-
1883
Dwight M. Sabin
1883
-
1884
B. F. Jones
1887
-
1888
Matthew S. Quay
1888
-
1891
James S. Clarkson
1891
-
1892
Thomas H. Carter
1892
-
1896
Marcus A. Hanna
1896
-
1904
Henry Clay Payne
1904
George Bruce Cortelyou
1904
-
1907
Harry S. New
1907
-
1908
Frank Harris Hitchcock
1908
-
1909
John F. Hill
1910
-
1912
Victor Rosewater
1912
Charles D. Hilles
1912
-
1916
Will H. Hays
1918
-
1921
John T. Adams
1921
-
1924
William M. Butler
1925
Hubert Work
1928
-
1929
Claudius H. Huston
1929
-
1930
Simeon D. Fess
1931
Everett Sanders
1932
-
1934
Henry P. Fletcher
1934
-
1936
John Hamilton
1936
-
1937
Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
1940
-
1942
Bailey Walsh
1942
?
Harrison E. Spangler
1942
-
1944
Herbert Brownell, Jr.
1944
-
1946
Carroll Reece
1946
-
1948
Hugh D. Scott, Jr.
1948
-
1949
Guy G. Gabrielson
1949
-
1952
Arthur E. Summerfield
1952
-
1953
Wesley Roberts
1953
Leonard W. Hall
1953
-
1957
Meade Alcorn
1957
-
1959
Thruston B. Morton
1959
-
1961
William E. Miller
1961
-
1964
Dean Burch
1964
-
1965
Ray C. Bliss
1965
-
1969
Rogers C. B. Morton
1969
-
1971
Robert Dole
1971
-
1973
George H. W. Bush
1973
-
1974
Mary Louise Smith
1974
-
1977
William E. Brock III
1977
-
1981
Richard Richards
1981
-
1983
Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.
1983
-
1989
Lee Atwater
1989
-
1991
Clayton Keith Yeutter
1991
-
1992
Richard Bond
1992
-
1993
Haley Barbour
1993
-
1997
Jim Nicholson
1997
-
2001
Jim Gilmore
2001
-
2002
Marc Racicot
2002
-
2003
Ed Gillespie
2003
-
2005
Ken Mehlman
2005
-
Current
(
As Of 2005
)
EXTERNAL LINKS
Official RNC website