Delegates to the 1923 Convention of the Socialist Party of America

Convention was held May 19-22 at Finnish Hall, New York City

There were a total of 22 Regular and 4 Fraternal delegates.

 

California

Cameron H. King -- (San Francisco)

 

Central States Organizational District

Emil Herman -- (Minneapolis, MN)

 

District of Columbia

J. Webb Richman -- (Washington)

 

Illinois

W.R. Snow -- (Chicago)

 

Indiana

Emma Henry -- (Indianapolis)

 

Kansas

Ross Magill -- (Garnett)

 

Kentucky

Herman Plaggenburg -- (Covington)

 

Maryland

William A. Toole -- (Baltimore)

 

Massachusetts

Walter S. Hutchins -- (Greenfield)

Lauri Moilanen -- (Fitchburg)

 

Michigan

Ben Blumenberg -- (Detroit)

 

Missouri

G.A. "Gus" Hoehn -- (St. Louis)

 

Montana

James D. Graham -- (Livingston)

 

Mountain States Organizational District

O.A. Kennedy -- (Ogden, UT)

 

New England States Organizational District

F.S. Holmes -- (Baintree, MA)

 

New Jersey

Leo M. Harkins -- (Camden)

 

New York

Algernon Lee -- (New York)

Abraham I. Shiplacoff -- (Brooklyn)

 

Ohio

Joseph W. Sharts -- (Dayton)

 

Pennsylvania

Dr. William Van Essen -- (Pittsburgh)

 

Wisconsin

Daniel W. Hoan -- (Milwaukee)

Edmund T. Melms -- (Milwaukee)

 

 

-- NON-VOTING DELEGATES --

 

Finnish Federation

William Reivo -- (Fitchburg, MA)

 

Italian Federation

Girolamo Valenti -- (Chicago, IL)

 

Yugoslav [Slovenian] Federation

Frank Petrich -- (Chicago, IL)

 

Young People's Socialist League

Albert Weisbord -- (Boston)

 

 

 

source: "National Convention Socialist Party," in The Socialist World [Chicago], v. 4, no. 5 (May 1923), pg. 3.