Jakob Pfenninger
Jakob Pfenninger (born April 16, 1841 in Hinwil (also Bürgerort); † June 27, 1891 in Zurich ) was a Swiss teacher , lawyer and politician .
biography
Private
Pfenninger was the son of Barbara Buchmann and the teacher and farmer Hans Jakob Pfenninger. He was reformed and married Katharina Barbara Weiss in 1865 and Elisabetha Margaretha Weiss in 1875 (both daughters of Johann Weiss from Selb (Bavaria)).
job
From 1857 to 1860 Pfenninger attended the teachers' seminar in Küsnacht and worked from 1860 to 1864 as a private secretary and district council clerk ; In 1864 he became the canton's procurator .
From 1864 to 1865 he studied in Leipzig and in 1865 became a lawyer in Hinwil. From 1867 he worked in Zurich; from 1867 to 1869 he was a substitute (trainee lawyer in the practical year) of the public prosecutor , from 1869 to 1878 government councilor (where he initially had the judiciary and medical system, from 1871 the judiciary and police, and from 1875 the finances under himself), and from 1878 lawyer.
From 1868 to 1869 he was a democratic member of the Zurich Constitutional Council , from 1878 to 1887 Cantonal Councilor (1881 President of the same), from 1879 to 1881 National Councilor , from 1889 to 1891 Council of States , and from 1886 to 1891 City Councilor.
Pfenninger delivered Sergei Gennadijewitsch Netschajew to the tsarist government . As an expert in railway issues, he advocated state subsidies for the Gotthard Railway .
literature
- Article in Der Landbote , 1891, No. 150
- Erich Gruner : The Swiss Federal Assembly: 1920 - 1968. 1. Bern: Francke, (1970), p. 94. OCLC 631853750
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Markus Bürgi: Pfenninger, Jakob. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pfenninger, Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss teacher, lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hinwil |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 1891 |
| Place of death | Zurich |