Guy Gabrielson | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the Republican National Committee | |
| In office August 5, 1949 – July 12, 1952 | |
| Preceded by | Hugh Scott |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Summerfield |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Guy George Gabrielson May 22, 1891 Sioux Rapids, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | May 1, 1976 (aged 84) Point Pleasant, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Iowa Harvard Law School[1] |
Guy George Gabrielson (May 22, 1891 – May 1, 1976) was a Republican politician from New Jersey. He served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1949 to 1952, and was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1925 to 1929, and was its Speaker in 1929.
An attorney who later became a corporate executive, after leaving elective politics, Gabrielson turned to Republican politics. He rose through the ranks of Republican activists. He became a member of the Republican National Committee in 1944 and its chairman in 1948, leaving both posts in 1952.
Gabrielson was controversial at the 1952 Republican National Convention because of his support for presidential hopeful Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft, but was greeted with cheers when he opened the Convention.
After dissolving his law firm in 1959, Gabrielson served as a corporate executive, retaining several posts in the years before his 1976 death.