Carl Georg Jakob Sailer

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Carl Georg Jakob Sailer (born March 10, 1817 in Wil ; † October 3, 1870 in St. Fiden ) was a Swiss lawyer and politician .

Life

Carl Georg Jakob Sailer came from a Swiss family whose ancestors had been in abbot services and grew up in St. Gallen , studied law in Freiburg im Breisgau and Jena . After graduating, he returned to St. Gallen and from 1839 was a lawyer in the law firm of Johann Baptist Weder (1800–1872). In 1841 he opened his own law firm in Wil. From 1849 to 1857 he was mayor of Wil. In the years 1851 to 1855 and 1857 to 1870 Grand Council of St. Gallen and 1854 to 1857 Council of States . In the parliamentary elections in 1860 he was elected to the National Council, to which he belonged until his death. As a government councilor , he worked in the Department of Justice from 1864 to 1870. From 1866 to 1870 Sailer was also a federal judge at the highest court of the Swiss Confederation. During his political activities, he was mainly committed to promoting the people's welfare, expanding legislation and the state education system. A biographer describes Sailer in short form: "Conviction was his watchword, truth and justice his motto".

Works

Six years before his death, Sailer wrote Wil's Chronicle in 1864 , the first edition of which was published in 1914.

In the canton of St. Gallen , he also created several legal codifications and advocated civil marriage law . In his drafts for a civil law, for a new process procedure and a new bankruptcy law, as well as for the amendments to the penal code, Sailer's outstanding legislative talent showed himself. In 1856 Sailer helped the non-denominational canton school to break through.

Sailer also wrote several poems.

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SURNAME Sailer, Carl Georg Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Wil
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 1870
Place of death St. Fiden