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Conference Secretaries Chapter 1: Conference Secretaries Chapter 2: Republican Conference Secretaries Chapter 3: Democratic Conference Secretaries Conference Secretaries Members of each political party convene in private meetings known as party conferences (or party caucuses) to elect floor leaders, make committee assignments, and set legislative agendas. Each party elects a Conference Secretary who is responsible for keeping the minutes. Edward Carmack of Tennessee became the first Democratic Conference Secretary in 1903, and the Republicans elected their first Conference Secretary, Charles Curtis of Kansas, in 1911. Republican Conference SecretariesCharles Curtis (KS) Term: 1911-1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William S. Kenyon (IA) Term: 1913-1915 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (NY) Term: 1915-1927 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Hale (ME) Term: 1927-1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wallace H. White, Jr. (ME) Term: 1940-1944 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold H. Burton (OH) Term: 1944-1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J. Chandler Gurney (SD) Term: 1945-1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Milton R. Young (ND) Term: 1946-1971 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Norris Cotton (NH) Term: 1971-1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wallace F. Bennett (UT) Term: 1973-1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert T. Stafford (VT) Term: 1976-1976 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clifford P. Hansen (WY) Term: 1977-1978 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E.J. "Jake" Garn (UT) Term: 1979-1985 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Thad Cochran (MS) Term: 1985-1991 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert W. Kasten, Jr. (WI) Term: 1991-1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trent Lott (MS) Term: 1993-1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connie Mack (FL) Term: 1995-1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Coverdell (GA) Term: 1997-2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX) Term: 2001-present Note: With election of Kay Bailey Hutchison, the position became known as Republican Conference Vice-Chair. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Conference SecretariesEdward W. Carmack (TN) Term: 1903-1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Owen (OK) Term: 1907-1911 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William E. Chilton (WV) Term: 1911-1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Willard Saulsbury (DE) Term: 1913-1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key Pittman (NV) Term: 1916-1917 Note: Served as acting secretary. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William King (UT) Term: 1917-1927 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugo Black (AL) Term: 1927-1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joshua B. Lee (OK) Term: 1937-1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis T. Maloney (CT) Term: 1943-1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brien McMahon (CT) Term: 1945-1952 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Hennings (MO) Term: 1953-1960 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- George Smathers (FL) Term: 1960-1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert C. Byrd (WV) Term: 1967-1971 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Moss (UT) Term: 1971-1976 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Inouye (HI) Term: 1977-1989 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Pryor (AR) Term: 1989-1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Barbara A. Mikulski (MD) Term: 1995-present -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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