Johann Andreas spokesman for Bernegg

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Johann Andreas spokesman von Bernegg (born November 3, 1811 in Maienfeld , † August 17, 1862 in Davos ) was a Swiss politician . In 1853/54 and 1860/61 he was a member of the Council of States , from 1857 to 1860 of the National Council .

biography

He came from the Clus-Maienfeld line of the influential aristocratic family Sprecher von Bernegg . His father Jacob was owner of a Swiss regiment and under King I. Wilhelm Major General in the Dutch services. Speaker graduated from high school in Chur , then studied law, languages ​​and history at the universities of Munich , Berlin and Paris as well as at the Lausanne Academy . From 1832 he worked as a lawyer in Chur , in the military he had the rank of colonel .

Spokesman's political career began in 1841 with his election to the Grand Council of the Canton of Graubünden , to which he initially belonged until 1843. In 1842/43 he served as Landammann of Klosters , in 1851 and 1853 as Mayor of Chur. From 1851 to 1853 he sat again on the Grand Council, and in 1852 and 1856 also on the Small Council (cantonal government). In 1855 he edited the Graubünden Code of Civil Procedure. As a representative of the Liberal Conservatives, speaker successfully ran in the National Council elections in 1857 in the constituency of Graubünden-Mitte , but three years later he was not re-elected. In 1862 he was a member of the editorial team for the Graubünden Civil Code.

family

He married Barbara, the daughter of Mayor Christoph von Albertini and his wife Ursula Elisabeth Gugelberg von Moos. Johann Andreas and Barbara had six children, two daughters and four sons, including Arthur Heinrich (1852-1912) and Anton Adolf Christoph (1849-1915).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel spokesman: Spokesman, Jakob (von Bernegg). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
personal data
SURNAME Spokesman for Bernegg, Johann Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Maienfeld
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1862
Place of death Davos