Gaudenz Gadmer

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Gaudenz Gadmer (born October 4, 1819 in Davos ; † February 23, 1877 in Zurich , reformed , resident in Davos) was a Swiss politician (FDP liberal) and lawyer .

Life

Gaudenz Gadmer was born on October 4, 1857 in Davos as the son of the farmer Christian Gadmer and Margaretha née Thomen. Gadmer graduated from the canton school in Chur before completing a law degree at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . He then headed a major law firm in Davos.

Gaudenz Gadmer was married to Maria Ursula, the daughter of the Chur farmer Johann Ulrich Hemmi. He died on February 23 at the age of only 57 in Zurich.

Political career

Gaudenz Gadmer, party member of the Liberals, held the office of governor at the beginning of his career in 1850. In the same year he was elected to the Grisons Grand Council , which he then belonged to until 1851 and from 1852 to 1863, and of which he chaired several times as a professional councilor. He was also represented in the Small Council between 1859 and 1860, 1863 and 1864, and 1867 and 1868 . Gadmer also served as a member of the cantonal court from 1861 to 1866 and 1870 to 1875, of which from 1870 as its president . At the federal level, he was a member of the Council of States for the canton from 1865 to 1866 . After the parliamentary elections in 1869 he was a member of the National Council until 1872 .

Around 1870 Gaudenz Gadmer was one of the leading protagonists of the Graubünden liberal groups alongside Florian Gengel . The radical democratic centralist campaigned for constitutional revisions at cantonal and federal level. His active advocacy for the federal revision of 1872 cost him his seat in the National Council. The more popular politician Gaudenz Gadmer was considered an excellent speaker.

See also

literature

  • Erich Gruner , Karl Frei: The Swiss Federal Assembly 1848–1920. Francke, Bern 1966, page 615
  • Peter Metz: History of the Canton of Graubünden. II, pp. 195-197

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personal data
SURNAME Gadmer, Gaudenz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (FDP liberals) and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Davos
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1877
Place of death Zurich