Delegates to the 1917 Convention of the Socialist Party of America
Convention was held April 7-14, 1917, at St. Louis, MO.
200 voting delegates
were authorized by the terms of the convention call for this
gathering. The following list of delegates (slightly less than
200) along with their city of residence , nation of
birth , and occupation appears in the Duke University
collection of papers of the SPA. Some 41 states and the District
of Columbia were represented, along with fraternal delegates
from 8 foreign language federations and the YPSL.
Arizona
J.R. Barnett
--- Chandler --- America --- farmer
Cory Davenport
--- Miami --- America --- carpenter
Arkansas
Clay Fulks
--- Searcy --- America --- teacher
Dan Hogan
--- Huntington --- America --- lawyer & editor
California
Job Harriman
--- Los Angeles --- America --- lawyer
Cameron H.
King --- San Francisco --- America --- clerk
Harry McKee
--- Fresno --- America --- lawyer
Walter Thomas
Mills --- Berkeley --- America --- teacher
T.W. Williams
--- Los Angeles --- America --- State Secretary SPA
Colorado
W.P. Collins
--- Boulder --- America --- apiarian
Jennie McGehe
--- Denver --- America --- State Secretary SPA
Connecticut
Martin F.
Plunkett --- Wallingford --- America --- State Secretary SPA
P.H. Shea
--- New Britain --- "Irish descent" --- salesman
George Spiess,
Jr. --- Hartford --- "German descent" --- lecturer
Delaware
L.lP. McGuigan
--- Wilmington --- America --- clerk
District
of Columbia
Julian Pierce
--- Washington --- America --- State Secretary SPA
Florida
Franklin
Pimbley --- Tampa --- America --- [???]
George White
--- Jacksonville --- America --- State Secretary SPA
Georgia
Mary Raoul
Millis --- Atlanta --- America --- State Secretary SPA
Idaho
Elda B. Conly
--- Chicago, IL --- America --- bookkeeper
C.F. Fields
--- Nampa --- America --- plumber & State Secretary SPA
I.F. Stewart
--- Nampa --- America --- music teacher
Illinois
Barney Berlyn
--- Chicago --- [???] --- cigar maker
John Berg
--- Moline --- [???] --- machinist
Paul H. Castle
--- West Frankfort --- [???] --- miner
Clarence
Diehl --- Chicago --- [???] --- cigarmaker
Adolph Dreifuss
--- Chicago --- Germany --- Translator-Secretary SPA
Samuel H.
Holland --- Chicago --- Russia --- lawyer
Robert Howe
--- Chicago --- America --- clerk
John C. Kennedy
--- Chicago --- America --- State Secretary SPA
Dr. S.A.
Koppnagel --- Chicago --- Russia --- physician
Victor Lindquist
--- Rock Island --- America --- machinist
Duncan McDonald
--- Springfield --- America --- miner
Dr. Karl
Sandberg --- Chicago --- [???] --- physician
Indiana
William W.
Farmer --- Anderson --- America --- machinist
W.F. Jackman
--- Indianapolis --- America --- paper hanger
William H.
Henry --- Indianapolis --- America --- lawyer & State Secretary
SPA
Florence
Wattles --- Kokomo --- [???] --- [???]
Joseph Zimmerman
--- Marion --- Russia --- Organizer SPA
Iowa
Charles T.
Bowman --- Cedar Rapids --- Sweden --- boilermaker
I.S. McCrillis
--- Des Moines --- America --- State Secretary SPA
Harold Metcalf
--- Davenport --- [???] --- [???]
Kansas
Ella Baldwin
--- Kansas City --- America --- [???]
Ida A. Beloof
--- Winfield --- America --- [???]
George W.
Kleihege --- Lawrence --- America --- [???]
Milo M. Mitchell
--- Kingman --- America --- [???]
Kentucky
Walter J.
Millard --- Newport --- [???] --- writer & lecturer
Louisiana
J.R. Jones
--- Georgetown --- America --- State Secretary SPA
Maine
Desire Baker
--- Fairfield --- America --- accountant
H.J.P. Enemark
--- Portland --- Denmark --- shoemaker
Maryland
Maynard Shipley
--- Baltimore --- America --- editor
S.L. Young
--- Hagerstown --- America --- real estate
Massachusetts
Victor Annalo
--- Fitchburg --- Finland --- Secretary Finnish Federation SPA
Abraham Bloom
--- Brockton --- [???] --- [???]
Charles E.
Fenner --- Worcester --- America --- insurance agent
Eugene Hough
--- Newton --- America --- painter
George Makela
--- Fitchburg --- Finland --- editor
Louis Marcus
--- Boston --- Russia --- cigarmarker
James Oneal
--- Boston --- America --- State Secretary SPA
George E.
Roewer, Jr. --- Boston --- America --- lawyer
Max H. Schulze
--- Holyoake --- Germany --- editor
Frank J.
Swrjala --- Fitchburg --- Finland --- editor
Michigan
D.F. Earley
--- Detroit --- America --- [???]
Edward O.
Foss --- Muskegon --- Germany --- physician
H.A. Hedden
--- Jackson --- [???] --- carpenter
John Keracher
--- Detroit --- Scotland --- State Secretary SPA
John Kiiskila
--- Hancock --- Finland --- [???]
Al Renner
--- Detroit --- [???] --- [???]
Maurice Sugar
--- Detroit --- America --- lawyer
Robert Westfall
--- Detroit --- [???] --- [???]
Minnesota
F.W. Adams
--- Minneapolis --- England --- [???]
B.J. Lacher
--- Minneapolis --- "Swiss" --- [???]
Anna A. Maley
--- Minneapolis --- America --- teacher & stenographer
Charles Rastedt
--- Minneapolis --- Finland --- [???]
George Sahlman
--- Cloquet --- Finland --- clothing manager
W.A. Stafford
--- Minneapolis --- America --- [???]
L. Vanderbergh
--- Minneapolis --- Holland --- painter & decorator\
O.M. Wassing
--- Minneapolis --- America --- [???]
Missouri
W.M. Brandt
--- St. Louis --- America --- cigarmaker
Kate Richards
O'Hare --- St. Louis --- America ---editor
G.A. Hoehn
--- St. Louis --- Germany --- journalist
Montana
Albert F.
Meissner --- Butte --- [???] --- boilermaker
J.J. McElroy
--- McElroy --- [???] --- [???]
Nebraska
G.C. Porter --- Omaha --- America --- [???]
New Hampshire
P.J. Leonard --- Concord --- Ireland ---- baker
New Jersey
Valentine Bausch --- Jersey City --- America --- [???]
George Goebel --- Newark --- America --- [???]
Henry Green --- Newark --- Romania --- [???]
Milo C. Jones --- Newark --- America --- State Secretary SPA
Frederick Krafft --- Ridgefield --- America --- [???]
Patrick L. Quinlan --- Passaic --- Ireland --- [???]
James M. Reilly --- New York City --- America --- traveling salesman
New Mexico
Walter B. Dillon --- Las Vegas --- America --- bookkeeper
S. Parks --- Las Cruces --- America --- jeweler
New York
Allan L. Benson --- Yonkers --- America --- journalist & writer
Axel W. Berggren --- Jamestown --- America --- sheet metal worker
F.G. Biedenkapp --- Brooklyn --- Germany ---- [???]
Louis B. Boudin -- Brooklyn --- [Russia] --- lawyer
Joseph D. Cannon --- New York --- America --- miner
Julius Gerber --- New York City --- [Riga, Latvia, Russian Empire] --- sheet metal worker
Morris Hillquit --- New York --- [Riga, Latvia] Russia --- lawyer
William Hilsdorf --- Rochester --- America --- lithographer
Algernon Lee --- New York --- America --- teacher
Ludwig Lore --- Brooklyn --- [Germany] --- [editor]
Max Ludlow --- New York City --- [???] --- [???]
Stephen J. Mahoney --- Buffalo --- America --- retail clerk
Charles W. Noonan --- Schenectady --- Canada --- metal polisher
Moses Oppenheimer --- New York --- [Bavaria, Germany] --- [???]
A. Pauly -- Brooklyn --- [???] --- [???]
John C. Rovitch --- Bronx --- Russia --- [???]
Fred Sander --- Syracuse --- America --- [???]
James C. Sheahan --- Albany --- America -- plasterer
U. Solomon --- New York City --- [???] --- [???]
North Dakota
C.C. Loomis -- Maxbass --- America --- [???]
H.R. Martinson -- Minot --- America --- [???]
L.M. Shelden --- Liston (?) --- America --- [???]
Ohio
Charles Baker --- Hamilton --- America --- safe worker
Willam Barnard --- Cleveland --- [???] --- [???]
Tom Clifford --- Cleveland --- America --- printer
Joseph Jodlbauer --- Clevland --- Austria --- [???]
Frank Midney --- Toldeo --- [???] --- [???]
William Patterson --- Toledo --- [???] --- [???]
Marguerite Prevey --- Akron --- [America] --- [???]
C.E. Ruthenberg --- Cleveland --- America --- purchasing agent
Alfred Wagenknecht --- Lakewood --- Germany --- State Secretary SPA
Scott Wilkins --- Wapakanota (?) --- America --- real estate agent
Oklahoma
W.N. Conley --- Allen --- America --- railroad man
J.T. Cumbie --- Lindsay --- America --- lecturer
J. Houchin --- Moore --- America --- farmer
A.T. Jones --- Sentinel --- America --- [???]
Harold L. Oder --- Dewey --- America --- repair man
J.A. Lewis --- Tarlequah --- America --- [???]
Minos --- Parker --- America --- [???]
E.L. Moore --- Wagoner --- America --- [???]
Russell --- Elk City --- America --- salesman
A.C. Sechrist --- Lawton --- America --- [???]
T.B. Smith --- Hominy --- America --- carpenter
S.C. Stair --- Walter --- America --- farmer
Stanwood --- Stroud --- America --- [???]
W.W. Terry --- Ringwood --- America --- [???]
Thompson --- Roll --- America --- [???]
S.L. Thurmond --- Caney --- America --- farmer
H.C. Tuttle --- Tulsa --- America --- linotype operator
Leonard Johnson (ALTERNATE FOR TERRY) --- Welutka --- America --- farmer
S.W. Samplet (ALTERNATE FOR GEIST) -- America --- [???]
Oregon
Victor J. McCone --- Portland --- America --- State Secretary SPA
William N. Reivo --- Astoria --- Finland --- [???]
Albert Streiff --- Portland --- America --- [???]
Pennsylvania
William Adams --- Wilkinsburg --- America --- agent
J. Mahlon Barnes --- Philadelphia --- America --- cigarmaker
Dalton T. Clarke --- Washington --- America --- [???]
Mary Garber --- Greensburg --- America --- [???]
Edward Hayden --- Mineral Point --- America --- molder
William J. Higgins --- Philadelphia --- America --- [???]
John R. McKeowin --- Farrell --- America --- tin worker
H.E. Myers --- York --- America --- cigarmaker
Maude Ross --- Oil City --- [???] --- [???]
Henry Stump --- Pittsburgh --- America --- cigarmaker
Jane Tate --- Pittsburgh --- Engand --- teacher
C. William Thompson --- York --- America --- editor
Birch L. Wilson --- Reading --- America --- lawyer
Rhode Island
Joseph M. Coldwell --- Providence --- America --- shoemaker
E.W. Theinert --- Albion --- America --- farmer
South Dakota (each delegate 1/2 vote)
E.F. Atwood --- Sisseton --- America --- gardner
W.P,. Butler --- Aberdeen --- America --- civil engineer
F.L. Fairchild --- Philip --- America --- farmer
I.M. Iverson --- Madison --- America --- engineer
J.R. Catton (ALTERNATE) --- Wanboy --- America --- [???]
Texas
William S. Simpson --- Cisco --- [???] --- [???]
Utah
Murray F King --- Salt Lake City --- [???] --- [???]
C.T. Stoney --- Salt Lake City --- [???] --- [???]
Virginia
J.C. Duke --- Richmond --- America --- [???]
Washington
S. Bonnevie --- Everett --- America --- [???]
Emil Herman --- Everett --- America --- State Secretary SPA
Laura M. House --- Spokane --- America --- [???]
L.E. Katterfeld --- Seattle --- [Germany] --- [???]
Ed Maurer --- North Yakima --- America --- business agent
Kate Sadler --- Seattle --- [???] --- [???]
Joseph Thomas --- Aberdeen --- [???] --- [???]
West Virginia
G.W. Gillespie --- Huntington --- America --- [???]
M.S. Holt --- Weston --- America --- physician
Wisconsin
Victor L. Berger --- Milwaukee --- Austria --- Editor
Robert Busch --- Milwaukee --- Germany --- livery
W.R. Gaylord --- Milwaukee --- America --- lawyer
Leo Krzycki --- Milwaukee --- America --- laundry
N.P. Nielsen --- Racine --- Denmark --- [???]
Emil Seidel --- Milwaukee -- America --- patternmaker
Gerrit T. Thorn --- Osh Kosh --- America --- lawyer
Wyoming
George E. Bateman --- Ackme --- [???] --- [???]
W.W. Paterson --- Rock Springs --- [???] --- [???]
FRATERNAL
DELEGATES
(non-voting)
Foreign-Speaking
Organizations
Josef Novak
(Bohemian) --- newspaper reporter
Santeri Nuorteva
(Finnish) --- editor
R. Zickmann
(German) --- editor
John LaDuca
(Italian) --- Translator-Secretary SPA
Max Goldfarb
(Jewish) --- [???]
Theodore
Breslauer (Polish) --- [???]
N. Juel Christensen
(Scandinavian) --- Translator-Secretary SPA
Frank Petrich
(South Slavic) --- Translator-Secretary SPA
Young
People's Socialist League
William F.
Kruse --- Executive Secretary YPSL