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