Hermann Gerhard Müller

Hermann Gerhard Müller (born April 12, 1803 in Brake , † April 22, 1881 there ) was a businessman, mayor and member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation .

Life

Müller came as the son of the Braker merchant Hermann Gerhard Müller (approx. 1769–1829) and his first wife Johanne Dorothee Sophie nee. Claussen († 1810) to the world. He attended the old grammar school in Oldenburg and studied law at the universities of Heidelberg and Leipzig from 1826 to 1828 . During his studies he became a member of the old Heidelberg fraternity in 1826 . After completing his studies, he took over an agricultural business from his father of the same name, initially together with his brother, from 1834 as the sole owner. Later he also owned a shipping company in Brake. He was also parish councilor and mayor of the community Hammelwarden . On March 27, 1856, he was elected mayor of Brake, whose railway connection he reached in 1873 with the construction of the railway line from Hude to Brake . He retained the office of mayor until his death.

1867 was a miller, the policy of the national liberal movement was close to, a member of the Constituent Reichstag of the North German Federation for the constituency Oldenburg 2 ( Jever , Brake , Westerstede , Varel ) and the National Liberal Party . In the Reichstag elections in the summer of 1867, however, he turned down a new candidacy and concentrated on local politics.

literature

Hans Friedl: Müller, Hermann Gerhard. In: Hans Friedl u. a. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the history of the state of Oldenburg . Edited on behalf of the Oldenburg landscape. Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5 , p. 488 ( online ).
Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 4: M-Q. Winter, Heidelberg 2000, ISBN 3-8253-1118-X , p. 150.

Individual evidence

^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 277; see also Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867–1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 , photo p. 233, short biography p. 441.

Web links

Müller, Herm. Gerhard in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of Hermann Gerhard Mueller . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

personal data
SURNAME	Müller, Hermann Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Merchant, mayor and member of the Reichstag
DATE OF BIRTH	April 12, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brake (Lower Weser)
DATE OF DEATH	April 22, 1881
Place of death	Brake (Lower Weser)

[1] Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 277; see also Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867–1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 , photo p. 233, short biography p. 441.