Alexis Dumont

Alexis Dumont

Stadthalle Mainz, built under Alexis Dumont

Konrad Alexis Dumont (born July 23, 1819 in Mainz ; † June 23, 1885 ibid) was a German lawyer and held the office of Mayor of Mainz from September 26, 1877 until his death in 1885, succeeding Carl Wallau .

Life

Alexis Dumont was the son of the undertaker and freight forwarder Friedrich Dumont and his wife Anna nee Klehe from Mainz. Dumont, who was a Catholic denomination, married Johanna Sophie née Krämer (born August 12, 1861 in Mainz; † December 10, 1863) in his first marriage and on December 29, 1877, his second marriage was Johannette Wilhelmine Antonia, née Kraus († June 29, 1880 ). The daughter Marie Anna Rosalie Sophie Dumont (born June 16, 1863 in Mainz) was born from the first marriage.

Alexis Dumont attended high school in Mainz and studied law in Giessen and Heidelberg. On 12 February 1841 he was the University of Giessen Dr. jur. PhD. From 1843 to 1849 he worked as an accessist in various law firms in Mainz, including Dr. Heinrich Karl Aull. In 1846 he spent in Paris. He was a lawyer in Mainz. Since November 11, 1849, he had been admitted as a lawyer at the courts of the province of Rheinhessen and the Higher Appeal Court and Cassation Court in Darmstadt .

politics

Dumont was a well-known Greater German, anti-Prussian politician and belonged to the German Progressive Party and later to the Democratic People's Party. From 1862 to 1878 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . He was elected for the Mainz-Stadt I constituency. The election by the electors of the city of Mainz took place unanimously in 1862. However, the government appealed against the election: In order to meet the necessary census, he had submitted documents at the election that proved that he owned a house in Mainz. However, the census did not have to be documented in the election year alone, but for the last three years. The election examination by the second chamber ended with the decision of the chamber of November 25, 1862 not to recognize the election. The necessary by-election took place on December 4th. Here too, Alexis Dumont was elected unanimously. In order to provide proof that the census had been fulfilled, he submitted government bonds for 25,000 guilders . Now the chamber confirmed the election and Dumont was able to exercise the mandate from December 17, 1862. From 1865 to 1866 he was second president of the chamber. In 1868 and 1871 he was defeated by Ludwig Bamberger in the elections to the Reichstag . He defended Bishop Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler in several trials in the Kulturkampf .

On September 26, 1877, he was elected mayor of the city of Mainz by drawing lots against Bernhard Jaup. Dumont had Rheinallee, Wallstrasse and Bahnhofstrasse built. The new main railway station and the then "Station Neutor", later "South Station", now the station Mainz Roman Theater were opened by him, as are ( in the Second World War destroyed ) City Hall and the road bridge to Mainz-Kastel .

On September 12, 1881, he was awarded the title of Lord Mayor.

The Dumonts Graphic Collection was donated to the Landesmuseum Mainz , where it formed the basis of the Department of Prints.

Dumont died during his tenure in 1885.

literature

• Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 112.
• Mainz: personalities of the city's history ; Wolfgang Balzer; Kügler Verlag, Ingelheim 1985-1993
  • Volume 1: Honorary citizens of Mainz, princes of Mainz, military figures, Mayors of Mainz ISBN 3-924124-01-9
• Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , No. 153.
• Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , p. 91.

Web links

• Dumont, Konrad Alexis in the Hessian Biography
• Entry on Alexis Dumont in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Manfred Köhler: Unity before Freedom ?, 2010, ISBN 978-3-88443-055-2 , pp. 60–61