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'''Emil Ganz''' (August 18, 1838 – August 6, 1922) was an American businessman and two-time mayor of [[Phoenix, Arizona]].
'''Emil Ganz''' (August 18, 1838 – August 6, 1922) was a German-born American businessman and two-time mayor of [[Phoenix, Arizona]].


==Background==
==Early life==
Ganz was born on August 18, 1838, in the German town of [[Walldorf, Thuringia|Walldorf]], [[Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen]], to Jewish parents Meyer and Hannah Ganz.<ref name="Yost">{{cite news|url=http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/010323/right.shtml|title=Right place, right time|last=Yost|first=Barbara|date=March 23, 2001|work=Jewish News of Greater Phoenix|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610033650/http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/010323/right.shtml|archive-date=June 10, 2012 }}</ref>{{sfn|McClintock|1916|p=214}} He was educated in his home country before being apprenticed to a [[tailor]] at age 14.{{sfn|Conners|1913|p=233}} Ganz immigrated to the United States in 1858, working as a [[journeyman]] tailor in New York City and [[Philadelphia]] before settling in [[Cedartown, Georgia]].{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}}
Ganz was born on August 18, 1838, in the German town of [[Walldorf, Thuringia|Walldorf]], [[Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen]], to [[Ashkenazi Jewish|Jewish]] parents Meyer and Hannah Ganz.<ref name="Yost">{{cite news|url=http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/010323/right.shtml|title=Right place, right time|last=Yost|first=Barbara|date=March 23, 2001|work=Jewish News of Greater Phoenix|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610033650/http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/010323/right.shtml|archive-date=June 10, 2012 }}</ref>{{sfn|McClintock|1916|p=214}} He was educated in his home country before being apprenticed to a [[tailor]] at age 14.{{sfn|Conners|1913|p=233}} Ganz immigrated to the United States in 1858, working as a [[journeyman]] tailor in New York City and [[Philadelphia]] before settling in [[Cedartown, Georgia]].{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}}


At the beginning of the [[American Civil War]], Ganz enlisted in the [[Confederate States Army]]. As a soldier, he saw action at the battles of [[Battle of Antietam|Antietam]], [[Battle of Fredericksburg|Fredericksburg]], [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]], and well as being assigned to the defense of [[Richmond, Virginia]].{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}} Toward the end of the war, he was captured and spent seven months as a [[prisoner of war]] at [[Elmira Prison]].<ref name="Yost"/>
At the beginning of the [[American Civil War]], Ganz enlisted in the [[Confederate States Army]]. As a soldier, he saw action at the battles of [[Battle of Antietam|Antietam]], [[Battle of Fredericksburg|Fredericksburg]], [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]], and well as being assigned to the defense of [[Richmond, Virginia]].{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}} Toward the end of the war, he was captured and spent seven months as a [[prisoner of war]] at [[Elmira Prison]].<ref name="Yost"/>
==Career==

Becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1866, Ganz moved to [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. He joined other cousins who operated a clothing and dry goods company and made alterations to ready made clothing.<ref name="Yost"/> In 1872, Ganz moved to [[Las Animas, Colorado]], where he continued to work as a tailor.{{sfn|Conners|1913|p=235}} There he married a Catholic woman named Elizabeth.<ref name="Yost"/> Two years later he relocated to [[Prescott, Arizona|Prescott, Arizona Territory]] and become manager of a hotel.{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}} In May 1876, he was granted a divorce from his wife.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014898/1876-05-19/ed-1/seq-2/#words=Emil+Ganz&proxtext=emil+ganz|title=District Court|date=May 19, 1876|work=[[Arizona Weekly Miner]]|page=2|location=Prescott, Arizona Territory}}</ref> Ganz moved to [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] in 1879 and became proprietor for the Bank Exchange hotel.{{sfn|Garcia|2008|p=56}} The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1885, after which Ganz went into the wholesale liquor business.{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}} Ganz married Bertha Angleman of Kansas City, Missouri in 1883.{{sfn|McClintock|1916|p=217}} The union produced four children: Sylvan C., Julian, Aileen, and Helen.{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=225}}
Becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1866, Ganz moved to [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. He joined other cousins who operated a clothing and dry goods company and made alterations to ready made clothing.<ref name="Yost"/> In 1872, Ganz moved to [[Las Animas, Colorado]], where he continued to work as a tailor.{{sfn|Conners|1913|p=235}} There he married a Catholic woman named Elizabeth.<ref name="Yost"/> Two years later he relocated to [[Prescott, Arizona|Prescott, Arizona Territory]] and become manager of a hotel.{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}} In May 1876, he was granted a divorce from his wife.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014898/1876-05-19/ed-1/seq-2/#words=Emil+Ganz&proxtext=emil+ganz|title=District Court|date=May 19, 1876|work=[[Arizona Weekly Miner]]|page=2|location=Prescott, Arizona Territory}}</ref> Ganz moved to [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] in 1879 and became proprietor for the Bank Exchange hotel.{{sfn|Garcia|2008|p=56}} The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1885, after which Ganz went into the wholesale liquor business.{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}} Ganz married Bertha Angleman of Kansas City, Missouri in 1883.{{sfn|McClintock|1916|p=217}} The union produced four children: Sylvan C., Julian, Aileen, and Helen.{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=225}}


Politically, Ganz was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] party.{{sfn|Conners|1913|p=235}} He was elected Mayor of Phoenix in 1885.{{sfn|Garcia|2008|p=56}} As mayor, he lobbied for creation of a city fire department. He was initially unsuccessful but a fire in August 1886 convinced the voters to pass a bond issue to improve water supply and purchase fire fighting equipment.{{sfn|Garcia|2008|p=57}}
Politically, Ganz was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] party.{{sfn|Conners|1913|p=235}} He was elected Mayor of Phoenix in 1885.{{sfn|Garcia|2008|p=56}} As mayor, he lobbied for creation of a city fire department. He was initially unsuccessful but a fire in August 1886 convinced the voters to pass a bond issue to improve water supply and purchase fire fighting equipment.{{sfn|Garcia|2008|p=57}}


In 1894, Ganz sold his liquor business. The next year he purchased an interest in the National Bank of Arizona and was elected the bank president.{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}} He returned to politics in 1896 and was unanimously elected to represent the second ward on the city council.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1896-06-03/ed-1/seq-1/#words=Emil+Ganz&proxtext=emil+ganz|title=It's Monihan|date=June 3, 1896|work=Arizona Republican|page=1|location=Phoenix, Arizona Territory}}</ref> In 1899, Ganz was elected to his first of two consecutive terms as city mayor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1899-05-03/ed-1/seq-4/#words=Emil+Ganz+Mayor&proxtext=emil+ganz+mayor|title=A Democratic Tinge|date=May 3, 1899|work=Arizona Republican|page=4|location=Phoenix, Arizona Territory}}</ref><!-- Third term is determined by process of deduction. {{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}} lists him as being in his third term as mayor. This is only possible if he won reelection in 1900.--> He was the Democratic nominee for mayor in 1903 but failed to win reelection.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024827/1903-04-28/ed-1/seq-8/#words=Emil+Ganz+mayor&proxtext=emil+ganz+mayor|title=Smaller News Items|date=April 28, 1903|work=Bisbee Daily Review|page=8|location=Bisbee, Arizona Territory}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1903-05-06/ed-1/seq-1/#words=GANZ&protext=ganz|title=Phoenix City is Redeemed|date=May 6, 1903|work=Arizona Republican|page=1|location=Phoenix, Arizona Territory}}</ref>
In 1894, Ganz sold his liquor business.{{fact|date=January 2024}} The next year he purchased an interest in the National Bank of Arizona and was elected the bank president.{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}} He returned to politics in 1896 and was unanimously elected to represent the second ward on the city council.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1896-06-03/ed-1/seq-1/#words=Emil+Ganz&proxtext=emil+ganz|title=It's Monihan|date=June 3, 1896|work=Arizona Republican|page=1|location=Phoenix, Arizona Territory}}</ref> In 1899, Ganz was elected to his first of two consecutive terms as city mayor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1899-05-03/ed-1/seq-4/#words=Emil+Ganz+Mayor&proxtext=emil+ganz+mayor|title=A Democratic Tinge|date=May 3, 1899|work=Arizona Republican|page=4|location=Phoenix, Arizona Territory}}</ref><!-- Third term is determined by process of deduction. {{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}} lists him as being in his third term as mayor. This is only possible if he won reelection in 1900.--> He was the Democratic nominee for mayor in 1903 but failed to win reelection.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024827/1903-04-28/ed-1/seq-8/#words=Emil+Ganz+mayor&proxtext=emil+ganz+mayor|title=Smaller News Items|date=April 28, 1903|work=Bisbee Daily Review|page=8|location=Bisbee, Arizona Territory}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1903-05-06/ed-1/seq-1/#words=GANZ&protext=ganz|title=Phoenix City is Redeemed|date=May 6, 1903|work=Arizona Republican|page=1|location=Phoenix, Arizona Territory}}</ref>
==Personal life==

Ganz's wife, Bertha, died on March 20, 1905.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1905-03-21/ed-1/seq-3/#words=Bertha+Ganz&proxtext=bertha+ganz|title=Suffering Ends in Death|date=March 21, 1905|work=Arizona Republican|page=3|location=Phoenix, Arizona}}</ref> Ganz married Elsie Bryson on September 12, 1907.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042462/1907-09-15/ed-1/seq-10/#words=Elsie+Emil+Ganz&proxtext=elsie+emil+ganz|title=Ganz-Bryson|date=September 15, 1907|work=Los Angeles Herald|pages=2 Part II}}</ref> He stepped down as president of the National Bank of Arizona in January 1920 and became Chairman of the bank's board.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1920-01-14/ed-1/seq-4/#words=Emil+Ganz&ortext=emil+ganz|title=Charles F. Solomon is New President of Nat. Bank of Arizona|date=January 14, 1920|work=Arizona Republican|page=4|location=Phoenix, Arizona}}</ref> Ganz died in a [[San Diego, California]], hospital on August 6, 1922.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062055/1922-08-11/ed-1/seq-3/#words=GANZ+Ganz&proxtext=ganz|title=Emil Ganz, Arizona Pioneer, Dies in San Diego, Calif|date=August 11, 1922|work=The Coconino Sun|page=3|location=Flagstaff, Arizona}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024827/1922-08-08/ed-1/seq-6/#words=Emil+Ganz&proxtext=emil+ganz|title=Emil Ganz, Pioneer Arizona Resident, Dies in Dan Diego|date=August 8, 1922|work=Bisbee Daily Review|page=6}}</ref>
Ganz's wife, Bertha, died on March 20, 1905.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1905-03-21/ed-1/seq-3/#words=Bertha+Ganz&proxtext=bertha+ganz|title=Suffering Ends in Death|date=March 21, 1905|work=Arizona Republican|page=3|location=Phoenix, Arizona}}</ref> Ganz married Elsie Bryson on September 12, 1907.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042462/1907-09-15/ed-1/seq-10/#words=Elsie+Emil+Ganz&proxtext=elsie+emil+ganz|title=Ganz-Bryson|date=September 15, 1907|work=Los Angeles Herald|pages=2 Part II}}</ref> He stepped down as president of the National Bank of Arizona in January 1920 and became Chairman of the bank's board.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1920-01-14/ed-1/seq-4/#words=Emil+Ganz&ortext=emil+ganz|title=Charles F. Solomon is New President of Nat. Bank of Arizona|date=January 14, 1920|work=Arizona Republican|page=4|location=Phoenix, Arizona}}</ref> Ganz died in a [[San Diego, California]], hospital on August 6, 1922.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062055/1922-08-11/ed-1/seq-3/#words=GANZ+Ganz&proxtext=ganz|title=Emil Ganz, Arizona Pioneer, Dies in San Diego, Calif|date=August 11, 1922|work=The Coconino Sun|page=3|location=Flagstaff, Arizona}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024827/1922-08-08/ed-1/seq-6/#words=Emil+Ganz&proxtext=emil+ganz|title=Emil Ganz, Pioneer Arizona Resident, Dies in Dan Diego|date=August 8, 1922|work=Bisbee Daily Review|page=6}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 21:54, 16 February 2024

Emil Ganz
Ganz in 1915
5th and 19th Mayor of Phoenix
In office
1885–1886
Preceded byGeorge F. Coats
Succeeded byDeForest Porter
In office
1899–1901
Preceded byCzar James Dyer
Succeeded byWalter Talbot
Personal details
BornAugust 18, 1838
Walldorf, Thuringia
DiedAugust 6, 1922(1922-08-06) (aged 83)
San Diego, California, US
NationalitySachsen-Meiningen, American
Occupationbusinessman and mayor of Phoenix, Arizona

Emil Ganz (August 18, 1838 – August 6, 1922) was a German-born American businessman and two-time mayor of Phoenix, Arizona.

Early life[edit]

Ganz was born on August 18, 1838, in the German town of Walldorf, Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, to Jewish parents Meyer and Hannah Ganz.[1][2] He was educated in his home country before being apprenticed to a tailor at age 14.[3] Ganz immigrated to the United States in 1858, working as a journeyman tailor in New York City and Philadelphia before settling in Cedartown, Georgia.[4]

At the beginning of the American Civil War, Ganz enlisted in the Confederate States Army. As a soldier, he saw action at the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and well as being assigned to the defense of Richmond, Virginia.[4] Toward the end of the war, he was captured and spent seven months as a prisoner of war at Elmira Prison.[1]

Career[edit]

Becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1866, Ganz moved to Kansas City, Missouri. He joined other cousins who operated a clothing and dry goods company and made alterations to ready made clothing.[1] In 1872, Ganz moved to Las Animas, Colorado, where he continued to work as a tailor.[5] There he married a Catholic woman named Elizabeth.[1] Two years later he relocated to Prescott, Arizona Territory and become manager of a hotel.[4] In May 1876, he was granted a divorce from his wife.[6] Ganz moved to Phoenix in 1879 and became proprietor for the Bank Exchange hotel.[7] The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1885, after which Ganz went into the wholesale liquor business.[4] Ganz married Bertha Angleman of Kansas City, Missouri in 1883.[8] The union produced four children: Sylvan C., Julian, Aileen, and Helen.[9]

Politically, Ganz was a member of the Democratic party.[5] He was elected Mayor of Phoenix in 1885.[7] As mayor, he lobbied for creation of a city fire department. He was initially unsuccessful but a fire in August 1886 convinced the voters to pass a bond issue to improve water supply and purchase fire fighting equipment.[10]

In 1894, Ganz sold his liquor business.[citation needed] The next year he purchased an interest in the National Bank of Arizona and was elected the bank president.[4] He returned to politics in 1896 and was unanimously elected to represent the second ward on the city council.[11] In 1899, Ganz was elected to his first of two consecutive terms as city mayor.[12] He was the Democratic nominee for mayor in 1903 but failed to win reelection.[13][14]

Personal life[edit]

Ganz's wife, Bertha, died on March 20, 1905.[15] Ganz married Elsie Bryson on September 12, 1907.[16] He stepped down as president of the National Bank of Arizona in January 1920 and became Chairman of the bank's board.[17] Ganz died in a San Diego, California, hospital on August 6, 1922.[18][19]

In 2001, Mark Pry wrote a biography of Ganz, Immigrant Banker: The Life of Emil Ganz. The book was commissioned by granddaughter Joan Ganz Cooney, a television producer who co-created the PBS children's series Sesame Street.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Yost, Barbara (March 23, 2001). "Right place, right time". Jewish News of Greater Phoenix. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012.
  2. ^ McClintock 1916, p. 214.
  3. ^ Conners 1913, p. 233.
  4. ^ a b c d e Chapman Publishing Co. 1901, p. 222.
  5. ^ a b Conners 1913, p. 235.
  6. ^ "District Court". Arizona Weekly Miner. Prescott, Arizona Territory. May 19, 1876. p. 2.
  7. ^ a b Garcia 2008, p. 56.
  8. ^ McClintock 1916, p. 217.
  9. ^ Chapman Publishing Co. 1901, p. 225.
  10. ^ Garcia 2008, p. 57.
  11. ^ "It's Monihan". Arizona Republican. Phoenix, Arizona Territory. June 3, 1896. p. 1.
  12. ^ "A Democratic Tinge". Arizona Republican. Phoenix, Arizona Territory. May 3, 1899. p. 4.
  13. ^ "Smaller News Items". Bisbee Daily Review. Bisbee, Arizona Territory. April 28, 1903. p. 8.
  14. ^ "Phoenix City is Redeemed". Arizona Republican. Phoenix, Arizona Territory. May 6, 1903. p. 1.
  15. ^ "Suffering Ends in Death". Arizona Republican. Phoenix, Arizona. March 21, 1905. p. 3.
  16. ^ "Ganz-Bryson". Los Angeles Herald. September 15, 1907. pp. 2 Part II.
  17. ^ "Charles F. Solomon is New President of Nat. Bank of Arizona". Arizona Republican. Phoenix, Arizona. January 14, 1920. p. 4.
  18. ^ "Emil Ganz, Arizona Pioneer, Dies in San Diego, Calif". The Coconino Sun. Flagstaff, Arizona. August 11, 1922. p. 3.
  19. ^ "Emil Ganz, Pioneer Arizona Resident, Dies in Dan Diego". Bisbee Daily Review. August 8, 1922. p. 6.

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