# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S277
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

278 NOMINATIONS

Nominating Ballot Tallies

For President:

Ralph A. Bohlmann 2139 Robert D. Preus 8
Charles S. Mueller 171. +Karl L. Barth 7
Walter A. Maier 157. Joseph G. Lavalais 7
Robert C. Sauer 95 August T. Mennicke 7
Guido Merkens 48 Orval M. Oswald 7
Gerhardt W. Hyatt 46 O.H. Cloeter 5
Richard T. Hinz 29 Arnold E. Kromphardt BS)
L. Lloyd Behnken 25 Richard H. Meyer 5
Arnold G. Kuntz 18 Ronald F. Fink 4
Ray F. Martens 18 George Rode 4
August Bernthal 16 Richard L. Schlecht 4
Oswald C.J.Hoffmann 10 Paul P. Spitz 4

3 Votes Each: LeRoy W. Biesenthal, George W. Bornemann,
Martin P. Dienst. E. H. Happel, Eldor W. Meyer. Glenn R.
O’Shoney, George F. Wollenburg.

2 Votes Each: Kenneth W. Behnken, Victor A. Constien,
Paul L. Maier, Herbert A. Mueller, Frederick Niedner, Henry E.
Simon, Paul A. Zimmerman.

1 Vote Each: Frank J. Bauer, Edward Bertram, Kenneth B.
Block. Armand Boehme, Harry Gordon Coiner, Louis A.
Brighton, Paul Esala, Oscar A. Gerken, Wilbert E. Griesse,
Louis W. Grother, Harlan L. Harnapp, Donald H. Hoffmann,
Roy K. Holm, Harold V. Huber, John F. Johnson, James
Kalthoff, Darwin L. Karsten, Robert D. Koeppen. Alvin V.
Kollmann, Loren T. Kramer, Paul C. Kreyling, Harold O.
Krueger, Arthur T. Kuehnert, Emil P. Leising, Kurt Marquart,
Samuel H. Nafzger, E. G. Otto, Fred Pankow, Roger Pittelko,
Daniel K. Porkorny, Alwin M. Reimnitz, Walter A. Ritter,
Walter L. Rosin. Delbert Rossin, Wilbert L. Sallach, David P.
Scaer, Neil Schmidt, Richard Schultz, Wallace R. Schulz, Albin
Stanfel. Michael Stelmachowicz, Leonard F. Stahlke, Dennis
Stuere, Bryan C. Sullivan, Eduard M. Vajda. Edwin C. Weber.
Paul A. Weber, Edward A. Westcott Jr., Walter L. Zeile.

Ballots Recorded

14s.4 14s] 1a

2,921

1a7s

For President ..........--- 2.923 4,890 4,112
For First Vice-President .. 2,819 4.430 2,738 3.899
5.742 9,320 5.659 8.011

For First Vice-President:

Robert C. Sauer 1308 Glen R. O’Shoney 1
Walter A. Maier 265 Richard H. Meyer

Guido Merkens 180 Henry E. Simon

Charles S. Mueller 169 Karl L. Barth

Gerhardt W. Hyatt 159 Edmund H. Happel

Ralph A. Bohlmann 121. Arnold E. Kromphardat
Joseph G. Lavalais 59 Paul A. Zimmerman
Richard T. Hinz 46 Victor A. Constien

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Arnold G. Kuntz 41 Ronald F. Fink

L. Lloyd Behnken 32 LeRoy W. Biesenthal
George F. Wollenburg 31 Oswald C. J. Hoffmann
August Bernthal 25 Orval M. Oswald

Ray F. Martens 25 Edward A. Westcott Jr.
August I’. Mennicke 25 George W. Bornemann
Richard L. Schlecht 16 Alvin V. Kollmann
Robert D. Preus 15 Herbert A. Mueller
Eldor W. Meyer 11 Ellis Nieting

Wilbert J. Sohns 11. Alwin M. Reimnitz
Paul P. Spitz 11

3 Votes Each: O. H. Cloeter, Martin P. Dienst. Roland D.
Miller, Frederick A. Niedner, Edgar J. H. Otto, Ralph A.
Phipps, Walter L. Rosin.

2 Votes Each: John C. Bass, George H. Bruening, Leonard
P. Buelow, Samuel I. Goltermann, Carl A. Heckmann, Theo-
dore A. Iverson, Howard W. Kramer, George P. Kraus, Eugene
L. Krentz, Paul L. Maier, Walter A. Meyer, Ewald H. Mueller.
Samuel H. Nafzger, Max L. Schaefer. Richard J. Schultz,
Wallace R. Schulz, Albin J. Stanfel, Oswald A. Waech, Walter
L. Zeile.

1 Vote Each: Donald A. Abdon, Stanley R. Abraham.
Luther John Bajus, Erhart L. Bauer, Frank J. Bauer, Kenneth
Behnken, Edward Bertram, Kenneth B. Block, Paul M. Bohot,
Louis A. Brighton, Harold E. Brockhoff, George Bruening.
Donald A. Christiansen. Warren Davis, Richard D. Drews.
Arthur C. Dueker. Carl R. Efraimson, Roger C. Ellis, Walter E.
Fehrmann. Paul J. Foust. Alfred J. Freitag, Phillip Fry. Duane
O. Geary, Phillip Giessler, Theodore R. Griesse, Wilbert E.
Griesse, William H. Griffin, Norman L. Grotelueschen, Eugene
F. Gruell, Richard L. Guehna. Harlan Harnapp. Robert Harms.
Edward Heinicke, Valentine Herman Hennig. Thomas Wil-
liam Hirsch, Donald Hoffmann, Oswald C. J. Hoffmann.
William G. Houser, Emil G. Jaech., Donald F. Jung, Henry L.
Koepchen, Loren T. Kramer, George A. Krengel, Arthur Krentz,
Arthur T. Kuehnert, Gerald E. Kuhn. Robert Kuhn, Roger W.
Leenerts, Donald Loos. Ray A. Maack, Albert M. Marcis. Kurt
Marquart, James A. McDaniels, Gilbert C. Meilaender Jr..
Clemens H. Mehl, Marlin A. Mentz. Harold A. Merklinger.
Walter J. Moeller. Armin Moellering. David J. Musall, Nolan
W. Obermueller, Norb Oesch, Robert W. Olson. Daniel D. Otto.
Daniel K. Porkorny, Martin Pullmann, Herbert O. Praeuner.
James Pragman. Bernard Raebe, Kermit H. Ratcliffe, George
H. Rattelmuller. Carl H. Rehwaldt. Harold H. Reiss, Walter A.
Ritter, George Rode, Walter C. Rubke. John A. Ryding. JohnW.
Saleska, Wilbert L. Sallach. Rupert A. St. Pierre, David P.
Scaer. Curtis J. Schleicher, Neil Schmidt. Walter Schoedel.
David P. Scaer, Curtis J. Schleicher. Neil Schmidt, Walter
Schoedel, David S. Schuller, Oliver M. Schultz, John Schulz.
Mark Steege. Jonathan P. Stein, Leland R. Stevens. Paul
Frederick Stohlmann Jr.. Bryan C. Sullivan. Raymond F.
Surburg, Howard W. Tepker. Edgar Trinklein, James S.
Uhrinak, Eduard M. Vajda. Paul M. Volz, Edwin C. Webber.
Paul G. Wendling, Dean O. Wenthe. Eldon Weisheit, Robert M.
Ziegler. John C. Zimmermann.