August Becker (politician, 1803)

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August Johann Becker (born July 19, 1803 in Mainz ; † September 21, 1881 there ) was a Hessian politician ( German Progressive Party ) and a former member of the 2nd Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

family

August Becker was the son of Johann Aloys Becker (Chef de Division à la préfecture du Département du Mont-Tonnerre ) and his wife Aloisia nee Müller. August Becker, who was a Catholic, married Eva Josephine nee Müller (born December 13, 1813).

education and profession

August Becker studied law at the University of Giessen from 1820 and then worked as a judge. In 1827 he became a lawyer in Mainz and in 1836 in Alzey. In 1840 he was a supplementary judge at the Alzey Peace Court and in 1850 a judge at the Mainz District Court . In 1872 he was appointed judge of higher appeal and cassation judge in Darmstadt .

politics

In the 17th to 21st electoral term (1862-1865) August Becker was a member of the second chamber of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. In the state estates he represented the electoral district Rheinhessen 1 / Alzey in electoral periods 17 to 20 and the electoral district Rheinhessen 2 / Alzey in the 20th electoral term.

literature

  • 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. 61.
  • 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. 66.
  • 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 , p. 149.

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