Johann Heinrich Emanuel Mousson

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Johann Heinrich Emanuel Mousson (* 28. September 1803 in Lonay , † 25. December 1869 in Zurich ), citizens of Morges , Bern and Zurich, was a conservative Swiss politician, Mayor of the Canton of Zurich (1840-1845) and mayor of Zurich ( 1863 to 1869).

biography

Johann Heinrich Mousson was the elder of two sons of the Federal Chancellor Jean-Marc Mousson and was born in his home town in Lonay near Morges. Since his father had to relocate every time he moved to another suburb , he received his training in Zurich and at the Bern Academy. From 1824 he studied law at the University of Göttingen in the Kingdom of Hanover . After completing his studies and a stay in Paris, he began to work in the federal chancellery in 1828 and was promoted to his father's private secretary that same year. After his resignation in 1830 he moved up to the office of state clerk. However, he resigned this office on August 5, 1833, because he did not agree with the action of the liberal majority in the turmoil surrounding the cantonal divisions in Basel and Schwyz.

Mousson then settled in Zurich, whose hereditary citizenship had been granted to his father. In the same year he was elected to the Grand Council. In 1834 he took over the commercial directorate, which was responsible for the execution of major construction projects in the city and canton of Zurich. In 1836 he became a member of the Grand City Council and the District Court of Zurich. After the Zurich coup , the conservative-minded Mousson was elected to the government council of the canton of Zurich on September 20, 1839 , and in 1840 moved to the office of mayor in Zurich, chairing the government of the canton of Zurich, and became a member of the state council. From 1841 to 1845 he was President of the Legislative Council and, in 1844, Zurich envoy to the Diet.

As a conservative politician, he was closely related to the conservative thought leader Johann Caspar Bluntschli . When Mousson's colleague, Hans Konrad von Muralt , resigned in December 1844 , the Conservatives tried in vain to help Bluntschli succeed him. The liberal Ulrich Zehnder was elected in his place , which significantly weakened the position of the conservatives in the canton of Zurich. Mousson's position became increasingly impossible in view of the liberal majority in the Grand Council and the increasing tensions between liberal and conservative cantons in the Confederation.

When he was commissioned by the Grand Council with instructions to vote against the conservative canton of Lucerne on the extraordinary agenda in the spring of 1845, Mousson could only be prevented from resigning with great difficulty. As Mayor of Zurich, he opened the extraordinary parliamentary assembly in Zurich on February 25, 1845, thereby assuming the position of president of the federal assembly associated with the takeover of the suburb by Zurich.

When the elections in Zurich on April 2, 1845 also resulted in a liberal majority in the government council, Mousson resigned from his office as mayor of Zurich on April 3, but remained a member of the Grand Council until 1868.

Mousson now turned to politics in the city of Zurich and became a member of the inner city council on May 17, 1847 and vice-president of the city council in 1848. On June 1, 1863 he took over the office of mayor. From 1867 he suffered from serious illness and first lost his voice, and in the spring of 1869 also his eyesight. Since he did not recover, he resigned all of his offices on July 3, 1869.

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  • Biography on the website of the Government Council of the Canton of Zurich (PDF file; 11.3 kB)
predecessor Office successor
Johann Jakob Hess Mayor of Zurich
1840–1845 		Jonas Furrer
Johann Ludwig Hess Mayor of Zurich
1863–1869 		Melchior Romans
personal data
SURNAME Mousson, Johann Heinrich Emanuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of Zurich, Mayor of the Canton of Zurich
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Lonay
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1869
Place of death Zurich