Illinois Delegation to 1944 Republican National Convention (original) (raw)

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| Illinois Delegation to the1944 Republican National Convention Delegates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: C. Wayland Brooks, Chicago - Hugh W. Cross, Jerseyville - Ruth Engle, Decatur - Dwight H. Green, Chicago - Helen C. Griffin, Grant Park - Maude June Trenary Hunt, Oswego - William E. King, Chicago - Richard J. Lyons, Libertyville - Werner W. Schroeder, Chicago1st District: M. C. Atkins, Chicago - Hobart E. Neff, Chicago2nd District: P. H. Moynihan, Chicago - Leonard C. Reid, Chicago3rd District: John Mackler, Chicago Heights - William H. Reid, Chicago4th District: James W. Breen, Chicago - Felix F. Kucharski, Chicago5th District: Samuel R. Ballis, Chicago - George F. Barrett, Chicago6th District: Seward M. Gunderson, Oak Park - Julius Howard Miner, Chicago7th District: William Busse, Mt. Prospect - John T. Dempsey, Chicago8th District: Florence M. Pacelli, Chicago - Vincent J. Poklacki, Chicago9th District: Arthur C. Lueder, Chicago - Edward L. Ryerson, Jr., Chicago10th District: James S. Kemper, Winnetka - Henry Pope, Jr., Glencoe11th District: Charles M. Burgess, Aurora - Win G. Knoch, Naperville12th District: Frank W. Greenaway, DeKalb - Ernest H. Pool, Ottawa13th District: Neill Saunders, Sterling - George B. Shaw, Dixon14th District: H. W. Custer, Monmouth - Walter A. Rosenfield, Rock Island15th District: Frederick O. Mercer, Canton - Charles D. Terry, Kewanee16th District: Lucas I. Butts, Peoria - George W. Michell, Peoria17th District: George J. Mecherle, Bloomington - Frank L. Smith, Dwight18th District: John W. Brown, Kansas - Leslie C. Small, Kankakee19th District: Ralph J. Monroe, Decatur - F. S. Schilling, Sr., Mattoon20th District: Forest L. Hatch, Greenview - Gail B. Ranson, Jacksonville21st District: Lloyd E. Davis, Morrisonville - W. Converse Staley, Springfield22nd District: Jesse R. Brown, Edwardsville - Dan McGlynn, Jr., East St. Louis23rd District: William R. McCauley, Olney - Harold G. Watson, Mt. Vernon24th District: Robert G. Miley, Galatia - Oral P. Tuttle, Harrisburg25th District: Roger G. Kelly, West Frankfort - Willis I. Lewis, Herrin Alternates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: Philip W. Collins, Chicago - John L. East, Chicago - Frank H. Just, Waukegan - Mrs. R. C. Mann, Chester - Helen McMackin, Salem - Edward F. Moore, Chicago - Lottie Holman O'Neill, Downers Grove - J. Emil Smith, Springfield - Ruth W. Thomas, Belleville1st District: William J. Ahr, Chicago - Joseph E. Snowden, Chicago2nd District: Mildred O. Derr, Chicago - Lewis Johnson, Chicago3rd District: Earl F. Kistner, Blue Island - Arthur P. Reilly, Chicago4th District: Henry Dolash, Chicago - Arthur Rinck, Chicago5th District: Martin Dykema, Chicago - Leo J. Jankowski, Chicago6th District: William Grant Bruner, Cicero - John A. McCue, Chicago7th District: Charles E. Graydon, Chicago - Homer O. McGuffey, Chicago8th District: William John Granata, Chicago - Fred Steinert, Chicago9th District: Robert McCormick Adams, Chicago - Earl Preble, Chicago10th District: Herbert A. Dilg, Morton Grove - Allen E. Hoban, Chicago11th District: David R. Joslyn, Woodstock - Milton T. Sonntag, Plainfield12th District: Perry C. Bennett, Belvidere - Fred E. Rundquist, Rockford13th District: Robert P. Eckert, Jr., Freeport - Paul Jones, Stockton14th District: Albert S. Clarke, Bushnell - Robert T. McLoskey, Monmouth15th District: Edward J. Schneidman, Quincy - Rodney L. Stuart, Galesburg16th District: E. I. Rogers, Peoria - George B. Storey, Washington17th District: William E. Hodnett, Lincoln - Dewey Montgomery, Bloomington18th District: Frank E. Blake, Watseka - Carey B. Hall, Danville19th District: J. F. Lawson, Sullivan - Harry Litsinberger, Clinton20th District: John F. Gibbons, Jerseyville - Dot Dorsey Swan, Pittsfield21st District: L. E. Wilhite, Carlinville - Lewis D. Yaeger, Litchfield22nd District: John D. Biggs, Greenville - H. H. House, Nashville23rd District: Bernard J. Buenemeyer, Germantown - Charles J. Metzger, Vandalia24th District: A. B. Anderson, McLeansboro - Roy Travis, Rosiclare25th District: Thomas L. Endsley, DeSoto - Alonzo Mathis, Tamms | | | 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