Jakub Boyko
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Jakub Bojko (born July 7, 1857 in Gręboszów , Powiat Dąbrowski , † April 7, 1943 ibid) was a Polish politician of the peasant movement, member of the Galician Diet of the VII., VIII., IX. and X. legislative periods, to the Austrian House of Representatives of the IX. and XII. Legislative periods, as Vice-Marshal of the Polish Constituent Assembly (1919–1922) , as Vice-Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland (1922–1927).
Life
Jakub Bojko was born into a poor farming family. His mother died in 1869, and in 1873 he was an orphan.
He was kept as a farmhand, lackey with the pastor, helper with the gravedigger and church servant.
He only attended four primary school classes, and later supplemented his knowledge as an autodidact. From 1877 to 1889 he was the village teacher, then the community clerk. In 1891 he was elected village mayor of Gręboszów. Jakub Bojko began to send articles to the Polish magazines, also wrote poems and stories.
In the summer of 1895 he was elected deputy chairman of the newly founded Polish Peasant Party. A few months later he became a member of the Galician Parliament of the VII., VIII., IX. and X. legislative periods, two years later the Austrian House of Representatives of the IX. and XII. Legislative period. At the same time he remained village mayor of Gręboszów until 1918. At this post he defended a peasant woman who was defamed for theft by the local village priest for no reason. His brave act brought him into conflict with the Catholic clergy. In 1903, the Tarnow Bishop Wałęga published a Kurrende in which Bojko was attacked.
At the end of the 19th century he was elected to the council of the Polish Museum in Rapperswil .
From 1913 to 1918 he held the post of chairman of the Polish peasant party "Piast" . After the May coup of 1926 he was one of the supporters of Marshal Józef Piłsudski . In 1935 he ended his political activities at the age of 78.
Works (selection)
- Dwie dusze (Two souls), 1904
- Okruszyny z Gremboszowa (Breadcrumbs from Gręboszów), 1911
References
literature
- Bogusław Kasperek: Jakub Bojko 1857-1943 : Lublin: Wydawnictwo UMCS - Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, 1998 ISBN 8322711832
- Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815-1950, Vol. 1 (Lfg. 2, 1954), p. 99
Web links
Footnotes
- ^ Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN, Warsaw 1963, Vol. 2, p. 42
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boyko, Jakub |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish politician, member of the Sejm |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gręboszów , Powiat Dąbrowski |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1943 |
| Place of death | Gręboszów , Powiat Dąbrowski |