OK, so as pointed out to me by Robbin Shipp, there have been at least 7 DNC chairs who also concurrently served as elected officials:

  • Calvin Brice (1889 – 1892), also U.S. Senator from Ohio (1891-1897)
  • James Kimbrough Jones (1896–1904), also U.S. Senator from Arkansas (1885-1903)
  • Henry Jackson (1960-1961), also U.S. Senator from Washington (1953-1983)
  • Fred Harris (1969-1970), also U.S. Senator from Oklahoma (1964-1973)
  • Chris Dodd (1995-1997), also U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1981-2011)
  • Tim Kaine (2009-2011), also Governor of Virginia (2006-2010)
  • Debbie Wasserman Schultz (2011-2016), also Representative from Florida (2005-present)

Here are also some of the RNC’s chairs-cum-electeds:

  • Bob Dole (1971-1973), also U.S. Senator from Kansas (1969-1996)
  • Jim Gilmore (2001), also Governor of Virginia (1998-2002)
  • Mel Martínez (2006-2007), also U.S. Senator from Florida (2005-2009)

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