Stephen A. Mitchell (politician)

Stephen A. Mitchell (August 3, 1903 – April 23, 1974) was an American attorney and Democratic Party official.

Mitchell was born August 3, 1903, in Rock Valley, Iowa, the son of a dairyman who had a small banking business.

In 1952, after being selected as the Democratic candidate for president, Stevenson designated Mitchell as chairman of the DNC.

[1] Mitchell left the DNC in 1956, and in 1960 made an unsuccessful run for governor of Illinois.

In 1968, he worked as a campaign advisor for Senator Eugene McCarthy's presidential run in the lead-up to the 1968 Democratic National Convention.