# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1878_S4
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Upon the Synod's organization it was found that the following delegates
1) Were present:
I. From the Eastern District*):
1. Pastors:
a) Voting:
H. Hanser; J. P. Beyer; W. Sommer; W. C. H. Lübkert; F. König;
F. Zucker; A. Biewend; A. C. Großberger; W. Weinbach; J. Sieck; F.
Kügele.
b) Advisory (non-voting):
St. Keyl.

2. Teachers:
H. Ilse; G. Allmeyer.
3. Delegates:
C. Spilmann; R. Niebaum (elected in place of the delegate named in
the [district] report); A. Spott (of Richmond); J. Birkner; C. Brenner
(of Brooklyn) †); W. Gram (of Buffalo); H. Andres (of Johannisburg);
D. Schweickhart (of Eden); A. Reichelt.

II. From the Illinois District:
1. Pastors:
a) Voting:

W. Bartling; J. F. Nuoffer; C. A. Trautmann; A. Wagner; C. A.
Mennicke; F. Lochner; J. G. O. Katthain; C. G. Schuricht; G. A.
Müller; H. Schmidt Sr.; J. H. Dörmann; C. H. R. Lange; J. E. Röder;
W. Dorn; J. G. Streckfuß; J. M. Hahn; F. W. Pennekamp; F. F. O.
Lehmann; J. Nachtigall.‡)

b) Advisory (non-voting):

J. Seidel; F. M. Große; H. F. Früchtenicht; H. Ernst; L. Winter
(elected in place of the delegate named in the report).

*) The order of the districts is determined by the time at which each held its
convention the previous year. — The order of the delegates is the same as given in the
reports of the individual district synods.

†) The delegates marked with a † left the Synod before its close without permission.

‡) This delegate's election was made by the electoral circuit in question after the
close of the district's synod, without any prior review of such a subsequent election
having been obtained from the latter. Although particular circumstances concerning this
proceeding — irregular in itself under the constitution — might serve as an excuse, and
although in view of them the Delegate Synod ultimately recognized the election that had
been made, it nevertheless considered it proper to declare unanimously that this election,
recognized by it under special circumstances, may never be regarded as a precedent for
similar or comparable cases.