He was a conservative Republican, and in 1899 was appointed a national committeeman.
Two years later, he gained a spot as a Democratic national committeeman.
He later returned to politics and served as a Republican national committeeman for Pennsylvania.
He was also a Republican national committeeman from 1966 to 1972.
I didn't get the signal at the time, but it became very obvious later, particularly when he attempted to defeat me as national committeeman in 1968.
Treadwell stepped down as state chairman in 2004 to become national committeeman.
(Ellender himself had been his party's national committeeman from 1939-1940.)
Ronald Kaufman, the party's national committeeman from Massachusetts, agreed that there was little more anyone could do.
He also preceded Lowe as the party's national committeeman.
He also served for six years as the Republican national committeeman from Louisiana.