Johannes Müller (politician, 1864)

Johannes Theodor Müller (born August 20, 1864 in Brake , † March 31, 1932 in Badenweiler ) was a German entrepreneur and member of the Oldenburg state parliament .

Life

Müller's parents were the merchant and shipowner Bernhard Müller (1834–1882) and his wife Anna Catharina born. Schumacher (1842-1918). He attended high school in Oldenburg and passed his Abitur in 1882. Müller then did a commercial apprenticeship in Bremen , Bordeaux and Porto and then became a partner in his father's company from 1888 on the initiative of his now widowed mother. The company then expanded rapidly under his leadership, as Müller was able to take advantage of the restructuring of the Brake port to include bulk goods transport (grain) and had the first large warehouses built as early as 1893. In 1899 the first mechanically operated grain extinguishing system was added on the Weser . Together with the company Karl Groß , Müller fought off foreign competition and achieved a monopoly-like position in the port of Brake.

politics

From 1905 to 1929 Müller was initially a member of the German Freedom Party (DFP) and a member of the Oldenburg State Parliament. Later he gradually moved to the right and after 1918 switched to the German People's Party (DVP).

family

On June 11, 1891, Müller married Anna Helene (Ella) Lüerssen (1871–1947) in Oldenbrok . The marriage had three children.

literature

• Müller, Johannes Theodor. 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 , pp. 488-489 ( online ).