LCMS Presidential Elections

The announcement today of the reelection of the Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison to the presidency of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod (http://blogs.lcms.org/2013/harrison-elected-to-second-term) got me thinking about presidential elections over the course of Missouri's "modern" history (1973 to present.  I use 1973 as the date, because in that year the LCMS changed its nomination procedure).  With the disclaimer that this is a first run through and I need to do some fact checking, here are the results showing the top two vote getters, without note or comment.

1973

1^st ballot, JAO Preus 606, WIliam Kohn 340. 1,055 total votes.  57%

1977

2^nd ballot, JAO Preus 596, Charles Mueller 330.  1,083 total votes.  55%

1981

4^th ballot, Ralph Bohlmann 722, Charles Mueller 338.  1,110 total votes.  65%

1983

1^st ballot, Ralph Bohlmann 844, Lloyd Behnken 95.  1,079 votes.  78%

1986

1^st ballot, Ralph Bohlmann 576, Robert Sauer 447.  1,029 total votes. 56%

1989

1^st ballot, Ralph Bohlmann 589, Robert Sauer 433.  1,124 total votes.  52%

1992

4^th ballot, Alvin Barry 580, Ralph Bohlmann 568.  1,148 total votes.  50.5%

1995

1^st ballot, Alvin Barry 754, Richard Kapfer 290.  1,162 total votes. 65%

1998

1^st ballot, Alvin Barry 657, Glen O’Shoney 343.  1,161 total votes.  56%

2001

4^th ballot, Gerald Kieschnick 600, Dean Wenthe 582.  1,182 total votes.  50.7%

2004

1^st ballot, Gerald Kieschnick 653, Daniel Preus 391.  1,237 total votes.  53%

2007

1^st ballot, Gerald Kieschnick 644, John Wohlrabe 514.  1,231 total votes.  52%

2010

1^st ballot, Matthew Harrison 643, Gerald Kieschnick 527.  1,170 total votes.  55%

2013

1^st ballot, Matthew Harrison 4,262, David Maier 1,906.  6,432 total votes.  66%