Democratic National Committee

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the principal campaign and fund-raising organization affiliated with the United States Democratic Party. The DNC was established at the 1848 Democratic National Convention. Its Republican counterpart is the Republican National Committee.

Current DNC Leadership

• Chairman Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont
• Vice Chairpersons:
  • Mike Honda, U.S. Representative from California
  • Linda Chavez-Thompson, Executive Vice President of the AFL-CIO
  • Susan Turnbull, Maryland Democratic Party
  • Lottie Shackelford, former Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Mark Brewer, Michigan Democratic Party Chairman and President of the Association of State Democratic Chairs
• Treasurer Andrew Tobias, businessman, author, and financial self-help guru
• Secretary Alice Travis Germond
• National Finance Chairwoman Maureen White, U.S. representative to UNICEF, Chairwoman of the Leadership Council on Children Affected by Armed Conflict, and board member of Human Rights Watch and the International Rescue Committee

See also: Current DNC Members

DNC Chairpersons

1. Benjamin F. Hallett (1848–1852)
2. Robert M. McLane (1852–1856)
3. David A. Smalley (1856–1860)
4. August Belmont (1860–1872)
5. Augustus Schell (1872–1876)
6. Abram Stevens Hewitt (1876–1877)
7. William H. Barnum (1877–1889)
8. Calvin Steward Brice (1889–1892)
9. William F. Harrity (1892–1896)
10. James K. Jones (1896–1904)
11. Thomas Taggart (1904–1908)
12. Norman E. Mack (1908–1912)
13. William F. McCombs (1912–1914)
14. Homer S. Cummings (1914–1916)
15. Vance C. McCormick (1916–1919)
16. George White (1920–1921)
17. Cordell Hull (1921–1924)
18. Clem L. Shaver (1924–1928)
19. John J. Raskob (1928–1932)
20. James A. Farley (1932–1940)
21. Edward J. Flynn (1940–1943)
22. Frank C. Walker (1943–1944)
23. Robert E. Hannegan (1944–1947)
24. J. Howard McGrath (1947–1949)
25. William H. Boyle, Jr. (1949–1951)
26. Frank E. McKinney (1951–1952)
27. Stephen A. Mitchell (1952–1955)
28. Paul M. Butler (1955–1960)
29. Henry M. Jackson (1960–1961)
30. John M. Bailey (1961–1968)
31. Lawrence F. O'Brien (1968–1969)
32. Fred R. Harris (1969–1970)
33. Lawrence F. O'Brien (1970–1972)
34. Jean M. Westwood (1972)
35. Robert S. Strauss (1972–1977)
36. Kenneth M. Curtis (1977–1978)
37. John C. White (1978–1981)
38. Charles T. Manatt (1981–1985)
39. Paul G. Kirk, Jr. (1985–1989)
40. Ron Brown (1989–1993)
41. David Wilhelm (1993–1994)
42. Debra DeLee (1994–1995)
43. Donald Fowler (1995–1997)
    • with General Chairman Christopher J. Dodd
44. Steven Grossman (1997–1999)
    • with General Chairman Roy Romer
45. Joseph Andrew (1999–2001)
    • with General Chairman Roy Romer (1999)
    • with General Chairman Edward G. Rendell (1999–2001)
46. Terrence R. McAuliffe (2001–2005)
47. Howard Dean (2005-)

External link

• Democratic National Committee