| Chairman and (state)-Democratic | Term | | Robert E. Hannegan (Mo.) | 1944-1947 | | J. Howard McGrath (R.I.) | 1947-1949 | | William M. Boyle, Jr. (Mo.) | 1949-1951 | | Frank E. McKinney (Ind.) | 1951-1952 | | Stephen A. Mitchell (Ill.) | 1952-1954 | | Paul M. Butler (Ind.) | 1955-1960 | | Henry M. Jackson (Wash.) | 1960-1961 | | John M. Bailey (Conn.) | 1961-1968 | | Lawrence F. O'Brien (Mass.) | 1968-1969 | | Fred R. Harris (Okla.) | 1969-1970 | | Lawrence F. O'Brien (Mass.) | 1970-1972 | | Jean Westwood (Utah) | 1972 | | Robert S. Strauss (Tex.) | 1972-1977 | | Kenneth M. Curtis (Maine) | 1977 | | John C. White (Tex.) | 1977-1981 | | Charles T. Manatt (Calif.) | 1981-1985 | | Paul G. Kirk Jr. (Mass.) | 1985-1989 | | Ronald H. Brown (D.C.) | 1989-1993 | | David Wilhelm (Ill.) | 1993-1994 | | Christopher J. Dodd (Conn.) | 1995-1996 | | Steven Grossman (Mass.) | 1996-1999 | | Joe Andrew (Ind.) | 1999-2001 | | Terry McAuliffe (Va.) | 2001-2005 | | Howard Dean (Vt.) | 2005-2009 | | Tim Kaine (Va.) | 2009- | Sources: Republican National Committee: 310 First St., SE, Washington, DC 20003. Democratic National Committee: 430 South Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003. | 
