Christian Theiss

Johann Christian Theis (s) (born January 15, 1802 in Gladenbach ; † October 27, 1873 ibid) was a Hessian businessman and politician and a member of the 2nd Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

Christian Theiss was the son of the grocer and host Jacob Theiss and his wife Philippine, nee Völker. Theiss, who was a Protestant, was a merchant in Gladenbach and married Christine Louise née Jüngst in her first marriage and Wilhemine Louise née Lang in her second marriage.

From 1849 to 1850 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Estates. He was elected for the constituency of Oberhessen 4 / Gladenbach . From 1868 to 1871 he was a member of the Nassau municipal parliament for the Biedenkopf district, in whose district he sat until his death. In the municipal parliament he was a member of the submission and Landesbank special committee. In 1871 he lost his mandate by drawing lots. His son Adolf Theis (1842–1924) was later also a member of the district council and a member of the municipal parliament and state committee.

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. 253.
• 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. 380.
• 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. 898.
• Barbara Burkardt, Manfred Pult: The municipal parliament of the administrative district of Wiesbaden. 1868–1933 (= Nassau parliamentarians. Vol. 2 = Prehistory and history of parliamentarism in Hesse. Vol. 17 = Publications of the Historical Commission for Nassau. Vol. 71). Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 3-930221-11-X , p. 338.