Charles M. Strauss

Charles Moses Strauss (born April 15, 1840 in New York City , † March 13, 1892 in Tucson , Arizona Territory ) was an American businessman and politician ( Democratic Party ). He was of Jewish descent.

Life

Charles Moses Strauss was the son of Nathan and Rachel (nee Adler) Strauss. His childhood was overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the following years by the Mexican-American War . He spent most of his youth in Boston ( Massachusetts ), where he received his education. He then worked as a businessman in Tennessee and Ohio before returning to Massachusetts. In the following years he was there Secretary in the Democrat State Central Committee.

Strauss moved to the Arizona Territory in 1870. In 1882 he was elected mayor of Tucson ( Pima County ) - a post he held from 1883 until his resignation on August 8, 1884. He was the co-founder of the Tucson Public Library , the first free public library in the Arizona Territory. He was also actively involved in founding the University of Arizona . In the following years he was Chief Clerk of the Arizona Territory.

Strauss was not a trained educator. Even so, he ran successfully in the 1886 election for the post of Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Arizona Territory. After the election of his predecessor RL Long up to the admission of Arizona in 1912 as the 48th state into the union, each Superintendent of Public Instruction had to be elected, then appointed by the Territorial Governor and / or confirmed by the Arizona Legislature . The appointment of Strauss as Superintendent of Public Instruction by Governor of the Arizona Territory C. Meyer Zulick took place in January 1887. Strauss held the post until the spring of 1890, when he was to be replaced by George W. Cheyney . Although Cheyney did not run for election, he was appointed Superintendent of Public Instruction. Therefore, Strauss did not vacate his post and office until he was forced to do so in June 1890.

Strauss was buried in the Evergreen Memorial Park in Tucson.

literature

Appleton's annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1878 . Volume 3. Appleton, 1883, OCLC 1332762 , pp. 534 f.
John Charles Bury: The Historical Role Of Arizona's Superintendent Of Public Instruction . (PDF) Volume 2, Northern Arizona University, 1974, pp. 211-228.
John S. Goff: Arizona Territorial Officials. Volume V: The Adjutants General, Attorneys General, Auditors, Superintendents of Public Instruction, and Treasurers, 1863–1912. Black Mountain Press, Cave Creek, Arizona 1991, OCLC 24269960 , pp. 138f.
Margaret Mitchell: The Founding of the University of Arizona 1885-1894. In: Arizona and the West. 27 (1), Spring 1985, pp. 9-11, JSTOR 40169360
CL Sonnichsen: Tucson: The Life and Times of an American City. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman 1987, ISBN 0-8061-2042-8 , p. 115.
Obituary . In: Arizona Weekly Citizen , March 19, 1892, p. 4.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Resignation of Mayor Strauss . In: Arizona Weekly Citizen. August 9, 1884, p. 3.

personal data
SURNAME	Strauss, Charles M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Strauss, Charles Moses (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American businessman and politician (Democratic Party)
DATE OF BIRTH	April 15, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City
DATE OF DEATH	March 13, 1892
Place of death	Tucson , Arizona Territory

[1] Resignation of Mayor Strauss . In: Arizona Weekly Citizen. August 9, 1884, p. 3.