Delegates to the 1879-80 National Convention of the Socialist Labor Party of North America Held Dec. 26, 1879 to Jan. 1, 1880 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania
The gathering was attended by 24 voting delegates as well as representatives of the NEC and Board of Supervision. A 25th voting delegate was elected to the gathering but credentials were denied.
California
Julius Albert (painter) -- Section San Francisco
Connecticut
August C. Jordan (mechanical engineer) -- Section West Meridan
Illinois
William Jeffers (wood turner) -- Section Chicago
Albert R. Parsons (printer) -- Section Chicago
Louisiana
August Raiser (shoemaker) -- Section New Orleans
Maryland
Adam Kehm (shoemaker) -- Section Baltimore
Massachusetts
Thomas C. Brophy (salesman) -- Section Boston
Michigan
Charles Erb (cigar maker) -- Section Detroit
Missouri
George Winter (cigar maker) -- Section St. Louis
New Jersey
S. Feuerherm (no occupation listed) -- Section Newark
New York
M. Bachman (tailor) -- Section New York City
C.E. Collenburg (painter) -- Section New York City
Joseph Holler (photographer) -- Section Brooklyn
J.W. Jahelka (carpenter) -- Section New York City
P.J. McGuire (piano maker) -- Section Long Island City
Edward Nye (commercial employee) -- Section Albany
J. Salinger (cigar maker) -- Section New York City
William Wagner (cigar maker) -- Section Brooklyn
Ohio
W.C. Pollner (cigar maker) -- Section Cleveland
Pennyslvania
E. Guwant (cabinet maker) -- Section Allegheny City
F.W. Hirt (machinist) -- Section Erie
C. Loether (cigar maker) -- Section Pittsburgh
S. Waldman (tailor) -- Section Philadelphia
Wisconsin
William Mueller (mason) -- Section Milwaukee
Board of Supervision
Frederick Meiselbach -- Section Newark
National Executive Committee
Philip Van Patten -- Section Cincinnati
Credentials were denied to Calvin A. Light, a printer from Section Indianapolis, on the grounds that he sold the subscription list of his formerly Socialist paper to a new Democratic Party ownership and allowed his name to be used in association with the new publication.
Source: Socialistic Labor Party: Platform, Constitution and Resolutions, Together with a Condensed Report of the Proceedings of the National Convention Held at Allegheny, PA, December 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31, 1879, and January 1, 1880. (Detroit: Socialistic Labor Party: 1880), pp. 2-3.