# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1977_S57
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Nominating Ballot
(Congregations)

George Rode ............. 5
W. Theophil Janzow ..... 5
Henry E. Simon .......... 5
First Vice-President

*Edwin C. Weber .......... 1,173'%
Walter A. Maier .......... 247
Guido A. Merkens ........ 225
Charles S. Mueller ....... 188
August Bernthal ......... 141%
Arnold G. Kuntz ......... 138
Oswald C. Hoffmann .... 65
Karl L. Barth ............ 42
J. A. O. Preus ............ 35
Carl A. Heckmann ....... 29
L. Lloyd Behnken ........ 25
Wilbert E. Griesse ........ 22
Theodore F. Nickel ....... 20
Edmund H. Happel ...... 19
Henry E. Simon .......... 16
August T. Mennicke ...... 16
Arthur H. Ziegler ........ 15
Herman C. Scherer ....... 14
Emil G. Jaech ........... 12
Richard L. Schlecht ...... 12
Frederick A. Niedner ..... : 10
Walter L. Zeile ........... 9
Richard C. Dickinson .... 9
Robert C. Sauer .......... 8
John E. Ellermann ....... 8
Herman R. Frincke ...... 7
Richard T. Hinz .......... 7
Arlen J. Bruns ........... 6
George Rode ............. 6
Joseph G. Lavalais ...... 5
Edgar E. Barg ........... 5
George F. Wollenburg .... 5
W. Theophil Janzow ..... 5
Harold E. Brockhoff ..... 5
Oswald A. Waech ........ 5 t

+ Persons who received fewer than 5 nominating votes are listed in the

Convention Workbook, page 434.

MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION 57

423
191
declined
327
46
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Election Ballot
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556
74

391
22

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Other Vice-Presidents Nominating Ballot Election Baliot

(1) (2)
Walter A. Maier Jr. (3) ... 592 609
Guido Merkens (2) ....... 562 719
Charles Mueller .......... 454 485 479
August Bernthal ......... 413 411 428
Robert Sauer (4) .......... 304 488 583
George Wollenburg (5) .... 299 455 579
Carl Heckmann .......... 253 18
Joseph Lavalais ......... 122 354
Arnold Kuntz ............ 113 13
Karl Barth ............... 99 92
Theo. Nickel ............. 61 declined
Oswald Hoffmann ....... 58 377
Lloyd Behnken ........... 57 214
Richard Schlecht ......... 54
August Mennicke ........ 46
E. H. Happel ............. 24
Arthur Ziegler ........... 22
Wilbert Griesse ..... . 21
Fredeck Niedner ... . 16
Emil Jaech .............. 15
John Ellermann .......... 13
Ellis Nieting ............. 10
Oscar Gerken ............ 7
W. Th. Janzow ........... 7
Walter Zeile .............. 7
John Zimmermann ....... 7
George Bornemann ...... 6
Richard Dickinson ....... 6
Orval Oswald ............ 6
Henry Simon ............ 6

The following received 5 votes: H. Frincke, M. Lieske, W.
Meyer, H. Scherer

Four votes: G. Bornemann, A. Bruns, T. Raedeke, G. Rode,
W. Sohns

Three votes: R. Fink, Schlecht, P. Zimmerman

Two votes: L. Biesenthal, H. Brockhoff, B. Clancy, H.
Eggold, A. Geidel, R. Hinz, T. Koepke, A. Marcis, V.
Marxhausen, C. Moeller (?), H. Mueller, Otte, C. Piazza, R.
Preus, Roth, R. Schlutz (Schultz?), A. Stanfel

One vote: 58 individuals (as reported by the Elections
Committee).

Following are the results of balloting for officers and boards of the Synod other than President and Vice-

Presidents.

Individuals who were elected are indicated by means of an asterisk (*) to the left of the nominee’s name.

Secretary
Valid ballots cast, 1,069

Graudin, John E. (SE) ......
*Mueller, Herbert A. (Mo) ....

Treasurer

Valid ballots cast, 1,069
Fincke, Eugene E. (CD ......
Plegge, Erwin (SI) ..........
*Sell, Norman (Mo) ..........
Strieter, Fred (Tx) .........--

Board of Directors
Valid ballots cast, 1,069

PASTORS

Gall, John (NE) ............
Gerken, Oscar (FG) _........
*Koepchen, Henry (At) ......
Krueger, Karl (FG) .........
Meyer, Virgil (Tx) .........
Ondov, Daniel J. (Neb)...
*Westcott, Edward A. (SC)

Vote

176
893

472
172
288
130

172
249

174
150
213
551

437 441
194
395 461

Vote
TEACHER
Valid ballots cast, 1,056
Holliday, Robert D. (SC) .... 422
*Ludwig, William E. (Mt) .... 634
LAYPERSONS
Bernt, Charles (At) .......... 395 251 368
Brugge, Vernon R. (MdS) ... 222 105
*Hirsch, Robert W. (SD) ...... 703
*Olsen, Harold (CI) .......... 462 392 523
Schmidt, Franklin (Mc) ..... 142
Schoknecht, Mark (Mt) ...... 219 135
*Schultz, Lester W. (NW) ..... 607
Snyder, Donald E. (Ea) ..... 311 128
Board for Church Extension
Valid ballots cast, 1,045
PASTOR
*Hiller, Carl (CN) ........--.- 643
Kaminska, Clyde W. (At) .... 402