# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1899_S14
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14 Proceedings of the 24th General, or

Tabular overview of the delegates — both present and not appearing — and of the guests present, for the Ninth
Delegate Synod held at St. Louis, Mo., in the year 1899.

[Landscape table, very wide; reproduced as |-separated cells in printed column order, column headings first.
A blank cell is printed as an em dash — and stays — here. Figures are transcribed as printed; not recalculated.]

Columns: Synodical District | Present delegates, with voting rights: Pastors | Deputies [lay delegates] | Total | Present delegates, advisory [non-voting]: Presidents | Professors | Pastors | Teachers | Total | Absent delegates, with voting rights: Pastors | Deputies | Total | Absent delegates, advisory [non-voting]: Presidents | Professors | Pastors | Teachers | Total | Guests: Pastors | Teachers | Laymen | Total | Remarks.

1. Southern District | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | [President. †3 pastors and 1 professor (delegates).

2. Middle District | 25 | 26 | 51 | *3 | 2 | †4 | 12 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | — | 1 | 8 | *General President, 2nd Vice President, and District-

3. Eastern District | 19 | 16 | 35 | *2 | 1 | †7 | 5 | 15 | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | *1st Vice President, District President, †6 pastors, 1 lay delegate.

4. Illinois District | 31 | 30 | 61 | *— | 6 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | 2 | 16 | *Among the voting pastors, because [counted as] delegated.

5. Michigan District | 12 | 9 | 21 | 1 | — | 1 | 9 | 11 | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |

6. Minn. and Dakota District | 12 | 13 | 25 | *— | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |

7. Wisconsin District | 13 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 6 | — | — | 6 | *Among the voting pastors, because [counted as] delegated.

8. Calif. and Oregon District | 1 | — | 1 | *— | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |

9. Nebraska District | 10 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | *Among the voting pastors, because [counted as] delegated.

10. Kansas District | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |

11. Iowa District | 10 | 10 | 20 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |

12. Canada District | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

13. Western District | 21 | 21 | 42 | 1 | 7 | *4 | 3 | 15 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | 1 | 20 | *2 pastors and 2 lay delegates.

14. English Ev. Luth. Missouri Synod | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |

15. London, England | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |

Total | 166 | 160 | 326 | 13 | 20 | 51 | 58 | 142 | 5 | 9 | 14 | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | 62 | — | 5 | 67

Total number of all elected voting-right delegates          340        Total number of voting-right delegates present ............. 326
       "        "       "     advisory [non-voting]          149            "          "        "     advisory [non-voting]  ..... 142
                                Sum   489             "  of all delegates present .......................................... 468
       "        "  delegates who did not appear ........... 21        Sum of the guests present (per the name list) ................ 67

[PRINTED-ERROR: in the Remarks column row 1 prints "[präſes." with a lower-case p and an opening bracket instead of "*Präſes."; the remark for row 2 breaks off in the printing at "Diſtricts⸗". Both reproduced as printed.]