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.