Josef Arnold (politician, 1825)

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Josef Arnold (born March 18, 1825 in Altdorf ; † April 10, 1891 there , entitled to live in Altdorf) was a Swiss politician ( KVP ).

biography

Arnold completed a commercial apprenticeship and then turned to politics at an early age.

In the canton of Uri he was land clerk from 1841 to 1858 , from 1858 to 1860 and from 1862 to 1882 government councilor and was there from 1866 to 1870 and from 1878 to 1880 governor . He was also President of the Criminal Court from 1860 to 1862, President of the Education Council from 1878 to 1891 and President of the Supreme Court from 1884 to 1890 . Josef Arnold was responsible for the concession for the Gotthard Railway in 1869 and the local community passed it. In 1885 he was the one who set the total revision of the cantonal constitution in motion and then reorganized the Uri Corporation as president .

Arnold was elected to the Council of States at an extraordinary rural community in 1850 and represented the Uri population there until 1865. He was then a member of the National Council until 1890 . He was among other things in the commission of the Federal Constitutional Review (1871-1874) and was from 1866 to 1890 substitute judge at the federal court .

In Sonderbundskrieg was Arnold adjutant of Anton Maria Schmid . In the Swiss Army he was, among other things, commander of the Uri in Locarno in 1859, commander in Geneva in 1864/65 and commander of the Aosta infantry brigade in 1875. Arnold co-founded the Rotzloch cement factory in 1860 , and the Isleten dynamite factory in 1870 and the Perlen paper factory . He also held various board memberships at the Uri savings fund, the Eidgenössische Bank , the Gotthard Railway Company and the Lake Lucerne Shipping Company as Vice President.

After the death of Karl Emanuel Müller in 1869, he was the undisputed leader of state affairs in the canton of Uri. He enjoyed a high reputation until his death. Like his father, he was musically talented and was a gifted violin player and co-founder of the Altdorf men's choir.

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SURNAME Arnold, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (CIP)
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Altdorf
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1891
Place of death Altdorf