Gottlieb Jäger

Gottlieb Jäger (born December 28, 1805 in Aarau , † April 25, 1891 in Brugg ) was a Swiss politician and lawyer .

biography

Gottlieb Jäger was born in Aarau on December 28, 1805 as the son of the district court clerk Johann Samuel Jäger. From 1825, Jäger studied law in Basel , Jena and Heidelberg . In 1829 he was appointed a notary . Two years later he was admitted as an advocate . From 1832 to 1833 he acted as government secretary . He then went on a three-year trip to America and returned to Switzerland in 1836, where he continued to work as an advocate in Brugg. In 1848 he was a member of the Federal Constitutional Commission . From 1849 to 1856 he was available as a substitute for the federal court , then between 1856 and 1874 as a part-time federal judge and in 1860 as the president of the federal court. In addition, in 1845 in Lucerne, he led the negotiations on the ransom of the irregulars . Jäger is considered one of the leading lawyers in Switzerland of his time.

Gottlieb Jäger, citizen of Brugg, who married Sophie (née Siebenmann) in 1837, died on April 25, 1891 at the age of 83 in Brugg.

Political career

Jäger was mayor of Brugg from 1838 to 1858 . From 1832 to 1834 and from 1837 to 1862 he was represented in the Aargau Grand Council. He was also a member of the Constitutional Court from 1849 to 1852 . He was also a member of the National Council from 1848 to 1851 and from 1854 to 1866 , including as President from 1864 to 1865. Jäger, who initially belonged to the radical group, later became moderately liberal.

literature

• Erich Gruner Federal Assembly 1 , 655

Web links

• Short biography of Gottlieb Jäger on the website of the Swiss Federal Court
• Stefan Holenstein: Hunter, Gottlieb. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .