He became a Republican national committeeman.

He later returned to politics and served as a Republican national committeeman for Pennsylvania.

Mr. Shanley, who twice ran for the United States Senate, continued in politics until two weeks ago, when he resigned as a Republican national committeeman.

The resolution, sponsored by Tim Lambert, a Republican national committeeman from Texas, takes a new twist on this strategy.

He was also a Republican national committeeman from 1966 to 1972.

The Republicans, in the words of Peter Secchia, a Republican national committeeman from Michigan, "like candidates who are already trained."

Mr. Rosenbaum, a Rochester lawyer and former judge, is resigning as a Republican national committeeman - a post he has held for two decades.

Mr. Darby, an industrialist, was a Republican national committeeman from Kansas from 1940 to 1964.

The resolution, sponsored by Tim Lambert, a Republican national committeeman from Texas, is offered in the name of party discipline.

The Sheriff is a Republican leader in Hicksville and three of his top four administrators at the jail are Republican committeemen.