DELEGATES TO THE 1920 FOUNDING CONVENTION OF THE UNITED COMMUNIST PARTY

Convention was held May 26-31, 1920, in Bridgman, Michigan

 

COMMUNIST PARTY OF AMERICA DELEGATES (32)

(Ruthenberg /"Minority" faction)

Israel Amter ("Ford") -- delegate from NY

Ella Reeve Bloor ("Stone") -- Jewish Federationist

I.E. Ferguson ("Caxton")

Louis Hendin ("Delion")

S.M. Krunislav ("Zemlin")

C.E. Ruthenberg ("Damon")

Schwartz ("Kazbeck") -- Latvian Federationist

 

"Kerger"

"Newman"

"Parker"

"Reinhart"

"Scott"

"Smyth" -- presumably CPA, might be CLP

"Spark"

"Zlank"

 

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31. xxx

32. xxx

 

COMMUNIST LABOR PARTY DELEGATES (25)

Max Bedacht ("Brown")

James P. Cannon ("Dawson")

Abraham Jakira ("Dubner")

Ludwig Katterfeld ("Klein")

Edward Lindgren ("Flynn")

Edgar Owens ("Jones")

Alfred Wagenknecht ("Meyer")

 

"Barry"

"Hill"

"Layton"

"Malcolm"

"Molkalb"

"Raphailoff"

"Sherwood" --- presumably CLP, might be CPA

 

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FRATERNAL DELEGATE (1) -- caucused with CLP

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COMINTERN REPRESENTATIVE

Samuel Agursky

 

source: "Y.F." [Isaac Ferguson], "A Convention of Revolutionists," in The Communist [UCP], v. 1, no. 1 ( June 12, 1920), pp. 3-5, 7. "Impressions of the Convention," originally published in Jewish-UCP edition of The Communist, translation published in the English-CPA edition of The Communist, new series v. 2, no. 9 (Sept. 1, 1920), pp. 3, 8.