Harrison E. Spangler

Harrison Spangler
Harrison Spangler
Chair of the Republican National Committee
	In office; December 7, 1942 – June 30, 1944
Preceded by	Joseph W. Martin Jr.
Succeeded by	Herbert Brownell Jr.
Personal details
Born	Harrison Earl Spangler; June 10, 1879; Guthrie County, Iowa, U.S.
Died	July 28, 1965 (aged 86); Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	University of Iowa (LLB)

Harrison Earl Spangler (June 10, 1879 – 1965) was a politician from the U. S. state of Iowa.

Life and career

Spangler was born in Guthrie County, Iowa, and served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish–American War. He studied to be a lawyer and joined the Republican Party.

Spangler was an Iowa delegate to the 1924, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 and 1952 Republican National Conventions. (In 1932 he was an alternate delegate.) He was chairman of the Iowa Republican State Central Committee 1930–32. He was also a member of the Republican National Committee 1931–49 and its chairman 1942–44.

While RNC chairman in 1943, Spangler created a council concerning foreign policy for the 1944 party's platform. He wanted a unified policy among isolationists and internationalists on treaty ratification and the proposed world peace organization. The Post War Advisory Council met on September 6 on Mackinac Island, Michigan and was chaired by U.S. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg. Other attendees were Governors Earl Warren of California, Thomas E. Dewey of New York, Harry Kelly of Michigan, Dwight H. Green of Illinois, and Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio. The meeting resulted in clearing way for Republican congressional support of the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Spangler was a resident of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and a member of the American Bar Association, Freemasons, Elks, and Sigma Nu.

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Preceded by Joseph W. Martin Jr.	Chair of the Republican National Committee 1942–1944	Succeeded by Herbert Brownell Jr.

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