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PAST PRESIDENTS
PAST PRESIDENTS 167
PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECRETARIES OF STATE
2013–2014Tre HargettTennessee
2014–February 2015Kate Brown
Oregon
2012–2013Ross Miller
Nevada
2015Elaine MarshallNorth Carolina
2015–2016Tom Schedler
Louisiana
2016–2017Denise MerrillConnecticut
2017–2018Connie Lawson
Indiana
2018–2019Jim Condos
Vermont
2019–2020Paul Pate
Iowa
168 PIllARS of PublIc SERvIcE
July–August 2005 Donetta Davidson
Colorado
August 2005-2006Sam Reed
Washington
2006–2007Deborah Markowitz
Vermont
2007–2008Todd Rokita
Indiana
2010–January 2011Matthew Dunlap
Maine
2009–2010Trey Grayson
Kentucky
2008–2009Pedro A. Cortés
Pennsylvania
2011Mark Ritchie
Minnesota
2011–2012Beth Chapman
Alabama
PAST PRESIDENTS 169
1996–1997Mike Cooney
Montana
1997–1998Olene Walker
Utah
1999–2000Jim Bennett
Alabama
1998–1999Bill Gardner
New Hampshire
2000–2001Sharon Priest
Arkansas
2001–2002Ron Thornburgh
Kansas
2003–2004Mary Kiffmeyer
Minnestota
2002–2003Dan Gwadosky
Maine
2004-2005 Rebecca Vigil-Giron
New Mexico
170 PIllARS of PublIc SERvIcE
1987Jim Waltermire
Montana
1990–1991Ralph MunroWashington
1989–1990Julia TashjianConnecticut
1988–1989Jim Edgar
Illinois
1993–1994Natalie Meyer
Colorado
1992–1993Gail ShaferNew York
1991–1992Dick MolpusMississippi
1994–1995Rufus EdmistonNorth Carolina
1995–1996Joyce HazeltineSouth Dakota
PAST PRESIDENTS 171
1979–1980Joan Anderson Growe
Minnesota
1978–1979Alan J. Dixon
Illinois
1981–1982Robert BurnsRhode Island
1980–1981Gentry Crowell
Tennessee
1982–1983Rose Mofford
Arizona
1983–1984Jack H. Brier
Kansas
1985–1986Jeannette B. Edmondson
Oklahoma
1984–1985Edwin J. Simcox
Indiana
1986–1987James H. Douglas
Vermont
172 PIllARS of PublIc SERvIcE
1970–1971John P. Lomenzo
New York
1973–1974James C. Kirkpatrick
Missouri
1972–1973Byron A. Anderson
Colorado
1971–1972Kelly Bryant
Arkansas
1976–1977Allen J. Beermann
Nebraska
1975–1976Elwill M. Shanahan
Kansas
1974–1975Clyde L. Miller
Utah
1977Mark White
Texas
1977–1978Fred L. Wineland
Maryland
PAST PRESIDENTS 173
1961–1962Ted W. Brown
Ohio
1962–1963Frank Marsh
Nebraska
1964–1965Joe C. CarrTennessee
1963–1964Lamont F. Toronto
Utah
1965–1966Martha Bell Conway
Virginia
1966–1967Ben Meier
North Dakota
1968–1969Frank Murray
Montana
1967–1968Joseph Donovan
Minnesota
1969–1970August P. LaFrance
Rhode Island
174 PIllARS of PublIc SERvIcE
1952–1953Wesley Bolin
Arizona
1955–1956Heber Ladner
Mississippi
1954–1955Ben W. Fortson, Jr.
Georgia
1953–1954Earl T. Newbry
Oregon
1958–1959John Koontz
Nevada
1957–1958Paul R. Shanahan
Kansas
1956–1957Howard E. Armstrong
Vermont
1959–1960O. Frank Thornton
South Carolina
1960–1961Melvin D. Synhorst
Iowa
PAST PRESIDENTS 175
1943–1944Frederic W. Cook
Massachusetts
1944–1945Mike HolmMinnesota
1945–1946Walker Wood
Mississippi
1946–1947Robert S. Farrell, Jr.
Oregon
1947–1948Wade O. Martin, Jr.
Louisiana
1948–1949Frank M. Jordan
California
1950–1951Armand H. Cote
Rhode Island
1949–1950Frank Marsh
Nebraska
1951–1952C. G. HallArkansas
176 PIllARS of PublIc SERvIcE
1933–1934Robert ByrneNorth Dakota
1936–1937Theodore Dammann
Wisconsin
1935–1936Robert A. Gray
Florida
1934–1935Enoch D. FullerNew Hampshire
1940–1941E. E. Monson
Utah
1937–1938Dwight H. Brown
Missouri
1938–1939-1940John B.Wilson
Georgia
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1941–1942Thad Eure
North Carolina
1942–1943Edward J. Hughes
Illinois
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1917–1918–1919–1920Albert P. Langtry
Massachusetts
1920–1921–1922–1923Louis L. Emmerson
Illinois
1923–1924Frederic W. Cook
Massachusetts
1924–1925–1926Mike HolmMinnesota
1926–1927J. Grant Hinkle
Washington
1927–1928–1929Fred E. Lukens
Idaho
1929–1930W. P. BlackwellSouth Carolina
1930–1931Ernest L. Sprague
Rhode Island
1931–1932–1933Ernest N. Haston
Tennessee
178 PIllARS of PublIc SERvIcE
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.
1915–1916–1917Stuart F. ReedWest Virginia