Nancy Palm
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Nancy Palm is a longtime Republican Party
activist, primarily known as the chairwoman of the Harris County, Texas
Republican Party during the 1970s, and who also received one vote favoring her as a candidate for Vice President of the United States
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In 1972 she was a delegate to the Republican National Conventionhttp://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/female.N-P.html; at the following 1976 Republican National Convention
Palm became one of just three women to have received an unsuccessful nomination for Vice President within the Republican Party. She is credited with helping to create the Republican Party of Texas
.http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=2044 She was one of the electors from Texas for the 2000 presidential election.http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0012/18/ip.00.html In 2002 she was an honoree of the League of Women Voters
of Houston, Texas
http://www.lwvhouston.org/pages/Repast/RepastInvitation07.pdf and the county government designated a day in her favor, along with her counterpart Billie Carr.http://www.co.harris.tx.us/agenda/2002/0202ag.pdf
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
activist, primarily known as the chairwoman of the Harris County, Texas
Harris County, Texas
As of the 2010 Census, the population of the county was 4,092,459, White Americans made up 56.6% of Harris County's population; non-Hispanic whites represented 33.0% of the population. Black Americans made up 18.9% of the population. Native Americans made up 0.7% of Harris County's population...
Republican Party during the 1970s, and who also received one vote favoring her as a candidate for Vice President of the United States
Vice President of the United States
The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term...
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In 1972 she was a delegate to the Republican National Conventionhttp://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/female.N-P.html; at the following 1976 Republican National Convention
1976 Republican National Convention
The 1976 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States met at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, from August 16 to August 19, 1976. The convention nominated incumbent Gerald Ford for President, but only after narrowly defeating a strong challenge from former California...
Palm became one of just three women to have received an unsuccessful nomination for Vice President within the Republican Party. She is credited with helping to create the Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
The Republican Party of Texas is one of the two major political parties in the U.S. State of Texas. It is affiliated with the United States Republican Party. The State Chairman is Steve Munisteri, a retired attorney and businessman from Houston, and the Vice-Chair is Melinda Fredricks of Conroe....
.http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=2044 She was one of the electors from Texas for the 2000 presidential election.http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0012/18/ip.00.html In 2002 she was an honoree of the League of Women Voters
League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters is an American political organization founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt during the last meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association approximately six months before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution gave women the right to vote...
of Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
http://www.lwvhouston.org/pages/Repast/RepastInvitation07.pdf and the county government designated a day in her favor, along with her counterpart Billie Carr.http://www.co.harris.tx.us/agenda/2002/0202ag.pdf