# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S58
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58 MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

Election Results

Nominating
Ballot Election Ballots Henry E. Simon ......... 14
| President (Congrs) (1) a 8 4 Orval Oswald ........... 13
| Walter A. Maier ......... 866 238 270 215 O.H. Cloeter ........-... 12
| *Ralph A. Bohlmann .....744 313 394 504 722 rook E.Kromphardt .. 09 38
, Gerhardt W. Hyatt ...... 624 180 111 ‘Alwin Rei ate als ------ i]
Guido A. Merkens ....... 486 declined WIT EIDE oo oo
Robert C. Sauer ......... 301 98 earl Heckmann San 0
Charles S. Mueller ...... 295 278 329 372 388 Ervin J Kolb
August Bernthal ........ 260 Paul L M OND verse reese 8
Karl Barth .............. 203 Ral h Phions srt t sans 8
Paul A. Zimmerman ....153 Ro. Pp Id Fink verter eee 7
Arnold G. Kuntz ........ 100 ; Albert M eis, 7
Oswald C.J. Hoffmann . 85 W ite Zaile ores 7
August A. Mennicke .... 72 alter LEN --. sss
L. Lloyd Behnken ....... 71
Richard L. Schlecht ..... 66
Robert D. Preus ......... 57 Nominatin
George E. Wollenburg a 52 Ballots Recorded
aul P. Spitz ............ . 1981 1977 1973
Edward A. Westcott, Jr. . 29 For President ...........0..0000055 4,890 2,921 4,112
Richard T Hinz... oe 2A For First Vice-President .......... _ 4,430 2,738 3,899
Edmund H. Happel ..... 23 9,320 5,659 8,011
Martin H. Scharlemann . 20
Leroy W. Biesenthal ..... 15
Wilbert J.Sohns ........ 12
George Bornemann ..... 11
Herbert A. Mueller ...... ll . Nominating .
Richard A. Meyer ....... 9 Other Vice-Presidents Ballot Election Ballots
Ewald J. Otto ........... 9 qu) @)
Paul L. Maier ........... 8 Mueller, Charles ......... 507 503 503
Orval Oswald ........... 8 *Maier, Walter (5) ......... 497 503 524
Henry E. Simon ......... 8 *Merkens, Guido (3) ....... 491 629
Albin J. Stanfel ......... 8 *Lavalais, Joseph (2) ...... 353 642
Ronald Fink ............ 7 *Hyatt, Gerhardt (4) ....... 344 571
Arnold Kromphardt ..... 7 Zimmerman, Paul ........ 306 239
Wollenburg, George ...... 290 317
Bernthal, August ........ 260 276
Barth, Karl .............. 140 declined
Kuntz, Arnold ........... 61 declined
Scharlemann, Martin .... 60 83
Nominating . Behnken, Lloyd .......... 53 declined
. (Congrs) () Free oe (4) Mennicke, August ........ 48 declined
First Vice-President ; Schlecht, Richard ........ 40 declined
Guido A. Merkens ....... 513 declined Hoffmann, Oswald ....... 25 210
Walter A. Maier ......... 425 230 163 33 Bornemann, George ...... 24 declined
*Robert C. Sauer ......... 384 304 421 548 Happel, Edmund ......... 21 declined
Gerhardt W. Hyatt ...... 358 declined Sohns, Wilbert ........... 20 33
Ralph A. BohImann ..... 349 declined Hinz, Richard ............ 20 declined
Charles S. Mueller ...... 238 © - 348 413 426 Spitz, Paul ............... 19 declined
August Bernthal ........ 236 44 Oswald, Orval ........... 19 declined
Paul A. Zimmerman .... 224 49 Biesenthal, Leroy eee e eee 15 declined
Karl Barth .............. 207 Stanfel, Albin ............ 14 declined
George F. Wollenburg ...145 Westcott, Edward ........ 14 91 :
Richard L. Schlecht ..... 123 O’Shoney, Glenn ......... 14 declined
August T. Mennicke ..... 95 Nieting, Ellis ............ 14 declined
Arnold Kuntz ........... 93 rink, Ronald Fite eee 13
L. Lloyd Behnken ....... 91 » twald .............. 13
Paul P. Spitz ............ 72 Preus, Robert ............ 12
Robert D. Preus .......-. 68 Meyer, Eldor ............. ll
Richard T. Hinz ......... 47 Griesse, Wilbert .......... 11
Oswald C.J. Hoffmann . 40 Kromphardt, Arnold ..... 9
Wilbert J.Sohns ........ 34 Behnken, Kenneth ....... 8
Ellis Nieting ............ 31 pimon, Henry ............ 8
Edward A. Westcott, Jr. . 31 leckmann, Carl ......... 7
Ewald J. Otto ........... 29 Zimmermann, John ...... 7
Wilbert E. Griesse ....... 28 Ziegler, Arthur ........... 5
Edmund H. Happel ..... 28 Zimmermann, Elwood .... 5
Martin H. Scharlemann . 23 Jaech, Emil .............. 5
Leroy W. Biesenthal ..... 19
George Bornemann ..... 18 * Elected
Baer Meyer. ; ; ; : ; ; ; 2 Workboske naeeaie fewer than 7 nominating votes are listed in. th

Albin Stanfel ........... 15 t Nominated from the floor

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