Jonas Smalakys

Jonas Smalakys , also Jons Smalakys , also Johann Smalakies (born June 7, 1835 in Gross-Trumpeiten near Kaukehmen ; † May 8, 1901 in Tilsit ) was a German-Lithuanian landowner and member of the Reichstag (MdR).

Life

He learned agriculture in his father's business. At the end of the 1850s he used the inheritance he had paid for on a grand tour that took him from Europe via the Balkan Peninsula to Asia and Egypt (Sahara) via Palestine (Jordan, Mount Sinai). Smalakys fought under Garibaldi in the Italian War of Independence in 1859 . Returned as a "well-traveled and world-experienced man", he married in Kaukehmen on January 15, 1862 with Lydia Matzick (born August 27, 1840 - † July 23, 1927). In 1892 he was a co-founder of the Lithuanian Conservative Party, which he led until his death. He was involved in numerous petitions for the use of the Lithuanian language in schools. From 1895 he headed the Birutė Society for the Protection of Lithuanian Culture.

In the Reichstag elections in 1898 , Smalakys ran in the constituency of the Reichstag constituency of Königsberg 1 region against a joint candidate from the liberal Liberal People's Party and the Liberal Association and against a candidate from the German Conservatives who was supported by the Farmers' Association. Since none of the candidates achieved an absolute majority in the first ballot, a run-off between Smalakys and the conservative candidate took place, in which Smalakys was supported by the Liberals and won the constituency with 54.8% of the vote (22.9% in the first ballot) . From 1898 until his death he was a member of the German Reichstag. Smalakys became a guest of the Conservative Party. There he advocated the increase in German military armor with the greatest determination (see his speech of March 14, 1899). He died at Tilsit during his term of office, which should have lasted from 1898 to 1903. In July 1901 there was therefore a by-election in which the German Conservatives entered into an electoral alliance with the Lithuanians and put forward a joint Lithuanian candidate. This won the constituency in the runoff election against his social democratic rival candidate.

Web links

Smalakys, Jons in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of Jons Smalakys . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
Prussian Lithuanians - History - 19th Century , on liquisearch.com

Individual evidence

↑ Jack J. Stukas: Awakening Lithuania. A study on the rise of modern Lithuanian nationalism . Florham Park Press, Madison 1966, p. 107.
^ ^A ^b Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890–1918. Alliances, results, candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 15). Half volume 1, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 3-8.
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^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 1.

personal data
SURNAME	Smalakys, Jonas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Smalakys, Jons
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Lithuanian-German landowner and politician, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	June 7, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH	Trumpeiten at Kaukehmen
DATE OF DEATH	May 8, 1901
Place of death	Tilsit

[1] Jack J. Stukas: Awakening Lithuania. A study on the rise of modern Lithuanian nationalism . Florham Park Press, Madison 1966, p. 107.

[Reibel-2] A ^b Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: Handbook of the Reichstag elections 1890–1918. Alliances, results, candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 15). Half volume 1, Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-7700-5284-4 , pp. 3-8.

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[4] Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 1.