Nicholas Muller

Nicholas Muller

Nicholas Muller (born November 15, 1836 in Differdange , Luxembourg , † December 12, 1917 in New Brighton , New York ) was an American politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives between 1877 and 1881, then between 1883 and 1887 and finally between 1899 and 1901 .

Career

Nicholas Muller was born in Differdange about six years after the Belgian Revolution . He attended the community schools in Metz and then the Luxemburg Athenaeum . The Muller family then immigrated to the United States and settled in New York City . He worked there for over twelve years as a ticket seller for the railroad. He was also a sponsor and first director of Germania Bank in New York City. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1875 and 1876, and served on the State Central Committee in 1875 . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the congressional election of 1876 Muller was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Edwin R. Meade on March 4, 1877 . After a successful re-election he suffered in 1880 a defeat and withdrew from the after March 3, 1881 Congress of. He chaired the Home Office's Committee on Expenditures during the 46th Congress . Muller then ran for the 48th Congress . After a successful election, he succeeded Benjamin Wood on March 4, 1883 . In 1884 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in the sixth constituency of New York, where he succeeded Samuel S. Cox on March 4, 1885 . Since he refused to run again two years later , he left the Congress after March 3, 1887. During the two terms of office he chaired the Committee on Militia .

In 1888 he was appointed President of the Police Department. After that, he was president of the Excise ( excise board ) and the Quarantine Committee ( quarantine commissioner ).

Muller was elected to the US House of Representatives in the seventh constituency of New York in 1898 , where he succeeded John HG Vehslage on March 4, 1899 . He was re-elected once, but resigned from his seat on November 22, 1901.

He ran unsuccessfully for President of Richmond Borough in 1901 . In 1904 he was appointed Tax Commissioner . He died on December 12, 1917 in New Brighton and was then buried in Green-Wood Cemetery , Brooklyn .

Web links

• Nicholas Muller in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Nicholas Muller in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 , 16th edition. United States Government Printing Office , 2005, ISBN 0-16-073176-3 , p. 256, footnote 31.