PAST PRESIDENTS PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECRETARIES OF STATE 2017–2018 2016–2017 2015–2016 Connie Lawson Denise Merrill Tom Schedler Indiana Connecticut Louisiana 2015 2014–February 2015 2013–2014 Elaine Marshall Kate Brown Tre Hargett North Carolina Oregon Tennessee 2012–2013 2011–2012 2011 Ross Miller Beth Chapman Mark Ritchie Nevada Alabama Minnesota PAST PRESIDENTS 165 2010–January 2011 2009–2010 2008–2009 Matthew Dunlap Trey Grayson Pedro A. Cortés Maine Kentucky Pennsylvania 2007–2008 2006–2007 August 2005-2006 Todd Rokita Deborah Markowitz Sam Reed Indiana Vermont Washington July–August 2005 2004-2005 2003–2004 Donetta Davidson Rebecca Vigil-Giron Mary Kiffmeyer Colorado New Mexico Minnestota 166 Pillars of Public Service 2002–2003 2001–2002 2000–2001 Dan Gwadosky Ron Thornburgh Sharon Priest Maine Kansas Arkansas 1999–2000 1998–1999 1997–1998 Jim Bennett Bill Gardner Olene Walker Alabama New Hampshire Utah 1996–1997 1995–1996 1994–1995 Mike Cooney Joyce Hazeltine Rufus Edmiston Montana South Dakota North Carolina PAST PRESIDENTS 167 1993–1994 1992–1993 1991–1992 Natalie Meyer Gail Shafer Dick Molpus Colorado New York Mississippi 1990–1991 1989–1990 1988–1989 Ralph Munro Julia Tashjian Jim Edgar Washington Connecticut Illinois 1987 1986–1987 1985–1986 Jim Waltermire James H. Douglas Jeannette B. Edmondson Montana Vermont Oklahoma 168 Pillars of Public Service 1984–1985 1983–1984 1982–1983 Edwin J. Simcox Jack H. Brier Rose Mofford Indiana Kansas Arizona 1981–1982 1980–1981 1979–1980 Robert Burns Gentry Crowell Joan Anderson Growe Rhode Island Tennessee Minnesota 1978–1979 1977–1978 1977 Alan J. Dixon Fred L. Wineland Mark White Illinois Maryland Texas PAST PRESIDENTS 169 1976–1977 1975–1976 1974–1975 Allen J. Beermann Elwill M. Shanahan Clyde L. Miller Nebraska Kansas Utah 1973–1974 1972–1973 1971–1972 James C. Kirkpatrick Byron A. Anderson Kelly Bryant Missouri Colorado Arkansas 1970–1971 1969–1970 1968–1969 John P. Lomenzo August P. LaFrance Frank Murray New York Rhode Island Montana 170 Pillars of Public Service 1967–1968 1966–1967 1965–1966 Joseph Donovan Ben Meier Martha Bell Conway Minnesota North Dakota Virginia 1964–1965 1963–1964 1962–1963 Joe C. Carr Lamont F. Toronto Frank Marsh Tennessee Utah Nebraska 1961–1962 1960–1961 1959–1960 Ted W. Brown Melvin D. Synhorst O. Frank Thornton Ohio Iowa South Carolina PAST PRESIDENTS 171 1958–1959 1957–1958 1956–1957 John Koontz Paul R. Shanahan Howard E. Armstrong Nevada Kansas Vermont 1955–1956 1954–1955 1953–1954 Heber Ladner Ben W. Fortson, Jr. Earl T. Newbry Mississippi Georgia Oregon 1952–1953 1951–1952 1950–1951 Wesley Bolin C. G. Hall Armand H. Cote Arizona Arkansas Rhode Island 172 Pillars of Public Service 1949–1950 1948–1949 1947–1948 Frank Marsh Frank M. Jordan Wade O. Martin, Jr. Nebraska California Louisiana 1946–1947 1945–1946 1944–1945 Robert S. Farrell, Jr. Walker Wood Mike Holm Oregon Mississippi Minnesota 1943–1944 1942–1943 1941–1942 Frederic W. Cook Edward J. Hughes Thad Eure Massachusetts Illinois North Carolina PAST PRESIDENTS 173 Missouri State Archives 1940–1941 1938–1939-1940 1937–1938 E. E. Monson John B.Wilson Dwight H. Brown Utah Georgia Missouri 1936–1937 1935–1936 1934–1935 Theodore Dammann Robert A. Gray Enoch D. Fuller Wisconsin Florida New Hampshire 1933–1934 1931–1932–1933 1930–1931 Robert Byrne Ernest N. Haston Ernest L. Sprague North Dakota Tennessee Rhode Island 174 Pillars of Public Service 1929–1930 1927–1928–1929 1926–1927 W. P. Blackwell Fred E. Lukens J. Grant Hinkle South Carolina Idaho Washington 1924–1925–1926 1923–1924 1920–1921–1922–1923 Mike Holm Frederic W. Cook Louis L. Emmerson Minnesota Massachusetts Illinois 1917–1918–1919–1920 1915–1916–1917 Albert P. Langtry Stuart F. Reed Massachusetts West Virginia PAST PRESIDENTS 175 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. 176 Pillars of Public Service.