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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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.