Carl Theodor Gevekoht
Carl Theodor Gevekoht (born May 15, 1798 in Bremen , † August 21, 1850 in Bremen) was a merchant and a Bremen member of the Frankfurt National Assembly , the first freely elected parliament for all of Germany .
biography
After completing a business apprenticeship, Gevekoht first went to Baltimore . In 1828 he returned to Bremen and co-founded the trading house Gloystein & Gevekoht , which was mainly active in the American trade. In 1839 Gevekoht withdrew from the company.
In 1844, as envoy of the Bremen Senate in the United States, he was involved in the negotiations on the establishment of a regular steamboat connection from New York to Bremerhaven , which ultimately led to the establishment of the Ocean Steam Navigation Company , which then in 1847 operated the paddle steamer Washington to operate regular services across the Atlantic recorded.
In 1848 he was a member of the preliminary parliament . On April 28, 1848, Gevekoht was elected as Bremen representative in the National Assembly in Frankfurt. There he was a member of the national liberal casino faction and worked on the economic committee . He was close friends with Arnold Duckwitz , the Reich Minister for Trade and Navy, who also came from Bremen. After the resignation of von Gagern's cabinet , Gevekoht gave up his seat in the National Assembly on May 24, 1849 and returned to Bremen. From 1849 to 1850 he was a member of the plenary session of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce .
Honors
- In 1847 he received the fifth Bremen Medal of Honor in gold for his negotiations in New York about the steamship line Bremen – New York .
literature
- William of Bippen: Gevekoht, Carl Theodor . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, pp. 130 f.
- Historical Society Bremen (Hrsg.): Bremen biography of the 19th century . Winter, Bremen 1912, reprint: Schünemann, Bremen 1976.
- Wilhelm Lührs: Gevekoht, Carl Theodor. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 354 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Archives: Members of the Pre-Parliament and the Fifties Committee (PDF file; 79 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gevekoht, Carl Theodor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gevekoht, Karl Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German businessman, senator in Bremen and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1850 |
| Place of death | Bremen |