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Past Presidents PAST PRESIDENTS PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECRETARIES OF STATE 2019–2020 2018–2019 2017–2018 Paul Pate Jim Condos Connie Lawson Iowa Vermont Indiana 2016–2017 2015–2016 2015 Denise Merrill Tom Schedler Elaine Marshall Connecticut Louisiana North Carolina 2014–February 2015 2013–2014 2012–2013 Kate Brown Tre Hargett Ross Miller Oregon Tennessee Nevada PAST PRESIDENTS 167 2011–2012 2011 2010–January 2011 Beth Chapman Mark Ritchie Matthew Dunlap Alabama Minnesota Maine 2009–2010 2008–2009 2007–2008 Trey Grayson Pedro A. Cortés Todd Rokita Kentucky Pennsylvania Indiana 2006–2007 August 2005-2006 July–August 2005 Deborah Markowitz Sam Reed Donetta Davidson Vermont Washington Colorado 168 PIllars of PublIc ServIcE 2004-2005 2003–2004 2002–2003 Rebecca Vigil-Giron Mary Kiffmeyer Dan Gwadosky New Mexico Minnestota Maine 2001–2002 2000–2001 1999–2000 Ron Thornburgh Sharon Priest Jim Bennett Kansas Arkansas Alabama 1998–1999 1997–1998 1996–1997 Bill Gardner Olene Walker Mike Cooney New Hampshire Utah Montana PAST PRESIDENTS 169 1995–1996 1994–1995 1993–1994 Joyce Hazeltine Rufus Edmiston Natalie Meyer South Dakota North Carolina Colorado 1992–1993 1991–1992 1990–1991 Gail Shafer Dick Molpus Ralph Munro New York Mississippi Washington 1989–1990 1988–1989 1987 Julia Tashjian Jim Edgar Jim Waltermire Connecticut Illinois Montana 170 PIllars of PublIc ServIcE 1986–1987 1985–1986 1984–1985 James H. Douglas Jeannette B. Edmondson Edwin J. Simcox Vermont Oklahoma Indiana 1983–1984 1982–1983 1981–1982 Jack H. Brier Rose Mofford Robert Burns Kansas Arizona Rhode Island 1980–1981 1979–1980 1978–1979 Gentry Crowell Joan Anderson Growe Alan J. Dixon Tennessee Minnesota Illinois PAST PRESIDENTS 171 1977–1978 1977 1976–1977 Fred L. Wineland Mark White Allen J. Beermann Maryland Texas Nebraska 1975–1976 1974–1975 1973–1974 Elwill M. Shanahan Clyde L. Miller James C. Kirkpatrick Kansas Utah Missouri 1972–1973 1971–1972 1970–1971 Byron A. Anderson Kelly Bryant John P. Lomenzo Colorado Arkansas New York 172 PIllars of PublIc ServIcE 1969–1970 1968–1969 1967–1968 August P. LaFrance Frank Murray Joseph Donovan Rhode Island Montana Minnesota 1966–1967 1965–1966 1964–1965 Ben Meier Martha Bell Conway Joe C. Carr North Dakota Virginia Tennessee 1963–1964 1962–1963 1961–1962 Lamont F. Toronto Frank Marsh Ted W. Brown Utah Nebraska Ohio PAST PRESIDENTS 173 1960–1961 1959–1960 1957–1958 Melvin D. Synhorst O. Frank Thornton Paul R. Shanahan Iowa South Carolina Kansas 1958–1959 1956–1957 1954–1955 John Koontz Howard E. Armstrong Ben W. Fortson, Jr. Nevada Vermont Georgia 1955–1956 1953–1954 1952–1953 Heber Ladner Earl T. Newbry Wesley Bolin Mississippi Oregon Arizona 174 PIllars of PublIc ServIcE 1951–1952 1950–1951 1949–1950 C. G. Hall Armand H. Cote Frank Marsh Arkansas Rhode Island Nebraska 1948–1949 1947–1948 1946–1947 Frank M. Jordan Wade O. Martin, Jr. Robert S. Farrell, Jr. California Louisiana Oregon 1945–1946 1944–1945 1943–1944 Walker Wood Mike Holm Frederic W. Cook Mississippi Minnesota Massachusetts PAST PRESIDENTS 175 1942–1943 1941–1942 1940–1941 Edward J. Hughes Thad Eure E. E. Monson Illinois North Carolina Utah Missouri State Archives 1938–1939-1940 1937–1938 1935–1936 John B.Wilson Dwight H. Brown Robert A. Gray Georgia Missouri Florida 1936–1937 1934–1935 1933–1934 Theodore Dammann Enoch D. Fuller Robert Byrne Wisconsin New Hampshire North Dakota 176 PIllars of PublIc ServIcE 1931–1932–1933 1930–1931 1929–1930 Ernest N. Haston Ernest L. Sprague W. P. Blackwell Tennessee Rhode Island South Carolina 1927–1928–1929 1926–1927 1924–1925–1926 Fred E. Lukens J. Grant Hinkle Mike Holm Idaho Washington Minnesota 1923–1924 1920–1921–1922–1923 1917–1918–1919–1920 Frederic W. Cook Louis L. Emmerson Albert P. Langtry Massachusetts Illinois Massachusetts PAST PRESIDENTS 177 1915–1916–1917 Stuart F. Reed West Virginia Two NASS presidents died in plane crashes while they were serving in that capacity. In October 1947, Oregon Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr. was killed in a tragic plane accident, which also took the lives of Governor Earl Snell, a former secretary of state and Senate President Marshall Cornett, who were also on the plane. At the time, Farrell was the youngest person to ever serve as NASS president. In the Spring of 1988, Montana Secretary of State James Waltermire was killed in a tragic plane accident while campaigning for governor. The youngest person to serve as NASS president was Vermont Secretary of State Jim Douglas, who was 35 when elected. NASS President Allen Beermann in 1977 presented the wooden NASS seal as his gift to the association. At the meetings since it has prominently been displayed at the podium and can be seen in general confer- ence photos. 178 PIllars of PublIc ServIcE.
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