Friedrich Schmid (politician)

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Friedrich Schmid (born December 19, 1812 in Möriken-Wildegg , † January 5, 1863 in Königsfelden ) was a Swiss lawyer and politician .

Life

Friedrich Schmid studied at the University of Heidelberg Law . Here he became a member of the Corps Helvetia in 1835 . After completing his studies, he settled down as an advocate in the canton of Aargau . From 1841 to 1844 he was a district judge. In 1844 he was appointed district administrator in Lenzburg . From 1849 to 1854 he was chief justice.

As a liberal politician, he was a member of the Aargau Grand Council from 1840 to 1852 . From 1849 to 1856 he was a member of the National Council as a representative of the moderate left . In 1851 he was a member of the Aargau Constitutional Council. In 1854 he was elected to the government council of the canton of Aargau. After the Aargau Great Council had passed laws on the naturalization of Aargau Jews in 1862, a protest movement came about that culminated in the Mannlisturm , in which the Great Council was recalled and the corresponding laws rejected. After the new election of the Grand Council, Schmid was no longer elected to the government council. From 1862 until his death in 1863 he was the hospital administrator of the cantonal hospital in Königsfelden.

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  1. Kösener corps lists 1910, 115 , 99