DELEGATES TO THE 1919 FOUNDING CONVENTION

OF THE COMMUNIST LABOR PARTY OF AMERICA

Held in Chicago, Aug. 3 to Sept. 5, 1919.

 

ARKANSAS

Fannie Crowell, Argenta.

W.K. Tennyson, Beebe.

 

CALIFORNIA

Kasper Bauer, San Jose.

Max Bedacht, San Francisco.

James H. Dolsen, San Francisco.

Edric B. Smith, Oakland.

Irene M. Smith, Los Angeles.

John C. Taylor, Oakland.

 

COLORADO

Harry Intemann, Denver.

Fred Underhill, Denver.

 

DELAWARE

Beatrice M. Sedgwick, Edge Moor.

 

FLORIDA

John Sprunk, Tampa.

 

ILLINOIS

O.J. Brown, DeKalb.

N. Juel Christensen, Chicago.

L.K. England, Moline.

H.E. Greenwood, Chicago.

Samuel F. Hankin, Chicago.

William Bross Lloyd, Winnetka.

Charles Krumbein, Chicago.

William Lugge, Belleville.

O. Alfred Olsen, Rockville.

Edgar Owens, Moline.

Dr. Karl F.M. Sandberg, Chicago.

Perry H. Shipman, Rock Island.

A.D. Swargessi (Alt.)


INDIANA

George A. Cameron, Terre Haute.

Morris K. Friedman, South Bend.

W.F. Jackson, Indianapolis.

John Zimmerman.

 

 

KANSAS

Gertrude C. Harmon, Kansas City.

Ludwig E. Katterfeld, Dighton.

 

KENTUCKY

E.B. Austin, Jr., Louisville.

Emil Von Allmen, Louisville.

 

MICHIGAN

Marlin Kirin, Detroit.

 

MINNESOTA

Clara Strong Broms, St. Paul. (* withdrew from convention)

Jack Carney, Duluth.

Charles Dirba, Minneapolis. (* withdrew from convention)

Carl Haglund, Duluth. (* withdrew from convention)

H. Holm, St. Paul. (* withdrew from convention)

Carl Skoglund, Minneapolis. (* withdrew from convention)

Joseph Ungar, St. Paul (* withdrew from convention)

 

MISSOURI

Henry Tichenor, St. Louis.

E.D. Wilcox, Kansas City.

 

NEBRASKA

William Chase, Omaha.

Edward Rutlege, Omaha.

 

NEW JERSEY

Fred Harwood, Newark.

Henry Petzold, West Hoboken.

Louis F. Wolf, Wehawken.

 

NEW YORK

L.B. Boudin, Brooklyn. (* withdrew from convention)

Thomas Crimmins, Syracuse.

Benjamin Gitlow, New York.

Fannie Jacobs, Brooklyn.

Edward Lindgren, Brooklin.

Sarah J. Lindgren, Long Island.

Ludwig Lore, New York.

Irwin B. Klein, Yonkers.

John Reed, Croton-on-Hudson.

Morris Zucker, Brooklyn.

 

OHIO

Charles Baker, Akron.

Alexander Bilan, Cleveland.

Charles Bonsall, Salem.

Lotta Burke, Cincinnati.

Tom Clifford, Cleveland.

Thomas Davies, Hubbard.

J.F. Denson [Dennison?], Warren.

M.J. Jeannero, Canton.

Joseph A. Johnson, Toledo.

Clifford King, Hamilton.

William O. McClory, TifÞn.

Marguerite Prevey, Akron.

Minnie Rivkin (Alt.), Cleveland.

C.E. Ruthenberg, Cleveland. (* withdrew from convention)

E.S. Smith (Alt.), Warren.

Alfred Wagenknecht, Cleveland.

Lawrence A. Zitt, Cleveland.

 

Edward Smith, Cleveland -- Alternate.

 

OREGON

Victor Saulit

Harlin Talbert

H.S. Warren

 

RHODE ISLAND

Joseph M. Coldwell

James P. Reid

 

TEXAS

B.H. Lauderdale

 

UTAH

E.T. Hyde

R.E. Richardson

 

VIRGINIA

E.M. Dutton

 

WASHINGTON

Kate Greenhalgh

Knute Evertz

Aaron Fishelman

J. McSlarrow

Arne Swabeck

 

WEST VIRGINIA

Edwin Firth

J.H. Snyder

 

STATE NOT KNOWN

Bolding

Jackman

 

 

FRATERNAL DELEGATES

W.W. Cox [Workers International Industrial Union]

Noble C. Wilson [Terre Haute, IN]

 

 

source: The Ohio Socialist [Cleveland], Sept. 10, 1919, pg. 1 and another issue of indeterminate date, copy in the Comintern Archives, reel 1: f. 515, op. 1, d. 5, l. 15, with additions from Convention Minutes.