Delegates to the 1885 National Convention of the

Socialist Labor Party of North America

Held October 5-8, 1885, in Cincinnati, OH

 

The gathering was attended by 31 voting delegates representing 41 Sections and the NEC.

 

California

Gottfried Benzinger (Schlosser) -- Section San Francisco

 

Connecticut

P. Zimmermann (cigarmaker) -- Sections New Haven/Rockville/Meriden/Beacon Falls/Holyoake

 

Indiana

Karl Haupt (machinist) -- Section Indianapolis

 

Iowa

P. Knickrehm (cigarmaker) -- Sections Davenport/LaSalle (IL)

 

Kentucky

Joseph Roller (carpetmaker) -- Section Louisville

 

Maryland

Otto Dorn (Maschinenbauer) -- Section Baltimore

 

Massachusetts

Karl Billiau (cigarmaker) -- Section Boston

W.F. Kronauge (lithographer) -- Section New Bedford

Jakob Schuck (carpetmaker) -- Section Lawrence

 

Michigan

Charles Erb (cigarmaker) -- Section Detroit

 

Minnesota

Otto Haesse (Buchdrucker) -- Section St. Paul

 

Missouri

Julius Ouaas -- Section St. Louis

 

New Hampshire

Charles Herzer (Schlosser) -- Section Manchester

 

New Jersey

C. Holzhauer (cigarmaker) -- Section Morrisania (NJ?)

Julius Hösteren (lithographer) -- Sections Hoboken/Jersey City/Newark/W. Hoboken/Union Hill/Jersey City H.

W. Ufert (Buchhändler) -- Sections Hoboken/Jersey City/Newark/W. Hoboken/Union Hill/Jersey City H.

George Wagner (Seidenweber) -- Section Paterson

 

New York

C. Arnold (cigarmaker) -- Section New York

Julius Bordolio (clerk) -- Section New York

Alexander Jonas (journalist) -- Section New York

Julius Kölln (cigarmaker) -- Section New York

August Pellmann (Schreiner) -- Section Syracuse

W. Rohlhoff (Rorbmacher) -- Sections Buffalo/Rochester

Franz Seubert (cigarmaker) -- Sections Brooklyn/Greenpoint/Astoria

 

Ohio

Charles Becker (Uhrmacher) -- Section Springfield

F. Freudiger (cigarmaker) -- Section Cincinnati

August Keitel (Maschinenbauer) -- Sections Cleveland/Sandusky

 

Pennsylvania

Franz Schiele (Buchdrucker) -- Section Philadelphia

 

Virginia

F. Freudiger (cigarmaker) -- Section Richmond

 

Wisconsin

Val. F. Blatz (conductor) -- Section Milwaukee

 

National Executive Committee

William L. Rosenberg (Lehrer).

 

 

source: Offizielles Protokoll der 5 National-Konvention der Soz. Arbeiter-Partei von Nord-Amerika: Abgehalten am 5, 6, 7, und 8 Oktober 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Socialist Labor Party: 1885), pp. 12-13.