The chair of the Democratic National Committee is the de-jure leader of the Democratic Party.[1]

The chair manages the day-to-day affairs and operations of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), prepares and conducts the quadrennial Democratic National Convention, and promotes the Democrat political platform and the "party brand".[2] The DNC chair also serves as a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention and can affect the outcome over a close primary race only if no candidate receives a majority of pledged delegates.[3]

The current officeholder is Ken Martin of Minnesota, who took office on February 1, 2025.[4][5]

Chairs of the Democratic National Committee

List of Democratic National Committee chairs
Officeholder Term State[6]
Benjamin Hallett 1848–1852 Massachusetts
Robert McLane 1852–1856 Maryland
David Smalley 1856–1860 Vermont
August Belmont 1860–1872 New York
Augustus Schell 1872–1876 New York
Abram Hewitt 1876–1877 New York
William Barnum 1877–1889 Connecticut
Calvin Brice 1889–1892 Ohio
William Harrity 1892–1896 Pennsylvania
James Jones 1896–1904 Arkansas
Thomas Taggart 1904–1908 Indiana
Norman Mack 1908–1912 New York
William McCombs 1912–1916 New York
Vance McCormick 1916–1919 Pennsylvania
Homer Cummings 1919–1920 Connecticut
George White 1920–1921 Ohio
Cordell Hull 1921–1924 Tennessee
Clem Shaver 1924–1928 West Virginia
John Raskob 1928–1932 New York
James Farley 1932–1940 New York
Edward Flynn 1940–1943 New York
Frank Walker 1943–1944 Pennsylvania
Robert Hannegan 1944–1947 Missouri
Howard McGrath 1947–1949 Rhode Island
William Boyle 1949–1951 Missouri
Frank McKinney 1951–1952 Indiana
Stephen Mitchell 1952–1955 Illinois
Paul Butler 1955–1960 Indiana
Scoop Jackson 1960–1961 Washington
John Bailey 1961–1968 Connecticut
Larry O'Brien 1968–1969 Massachusetts
Fred Harris 1969–1970 Oklahoma
Larry O'Brien 1970–1972 Massachusetts
Jean Westwood 1972 Utah
Bob Strauss 1972–1977 Texas
Kenneth Curtis 1977–1978 Maine
John White 1978–1981 Texas
Charles Manatt 1981–1985 California
Paul Kirk 1985–1989 Massachusetts
Ron Brown 1989–1993 New York
David Wilhelm 1993–1994 Ohio
Debra DeLee 1994–1995 Massachusetts
Chris Dodd (General Chair) 1995–1997 Connecticut
Don Fowler (National Chair) South Carolina
Roy Romer (General Chair) 1997–1999 Colorado
Steve Grossman (National Chair) Massachusetts
Ed Rendell (General Chair) 1999–2001 Pennsylvania
Joe Andrew (National Chair) Indiana
Terry McAuliffe 2001–2005 Virginia
Howard Dean 2005–2009 Vermont
Tim Kaine 2009–2011 Virginia
Donna Brazile (Acting) 2011 Louisiana
Debbie Wasserman Schultz 2011–2016 Florida
Donna Brazile (Acting) 2016–2017 Louisiana
Tom Perez 2017–2021 Maryland
Jaime Harrison 2021–2025 South Carolina
Ken Martin 2025–present Minnesota
Source:[7]

See also

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Cornelius P. Cotter, and Bernard C. Hennessy, eds. Politics without Power: The National Party Committees (1964) excerpt Archived 2021-10-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ Heersink, Boris (2021). "Examining Democratic and Republican National Committee Party Branding Activity, 1953–2012". Perspectives on Politics. 21: 142–159. doi:10.1017/S1537592721000025. ISSN 1537-5927. S2CID 233646493. Archived from the original on March 24, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "Democrats strip superdelegates of power and reform caucuses in 'historic' move". NBC News. August 25, 2018. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Kamisar, Ben (February 1, 2025). "Ken Martin wins election as the next chair of the Democratic National Committee". NBC News. Archived from the original on February 21, 2025. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  5. ^ "Democratic National Committee". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  6. ^ Lawrence Kestenbaum. "A Database of Historic Cemeteries". The Political Graveyard web site. Archived from the original on December 6, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  7. ^ Schemmel, B. "Political parties". United States Government departments and offices, etc. Rulers. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
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