Josef Leonz Müller

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Josef Leonz Müller (born February 7, 1800 in Muri ; † June 6, 1866 there ; entitled to live in Muri) was a Swiss politician and judge . In 1835 he was briefly a member of the canton of Aargau , then a member of the higher court until 1864.

biography

The son of the community clerk and teacher Jakob Leonz Müller began an apprenticeship at the age of 14 at the court office in Muri, which was headed by the later government councilor Franz Vorster . After several years of professional activity, Müller became a district judge in 1830, and in the following year president of the district court and notary . Also in 1831 he was elected to the Grand Council , where he sided with the radical liberals. Although he advocated the restriction of ecclesiastical power, he was critical of the Baden articles .

In 1835 the Great Council elected Müller to the government council. However, he was a member of this only for a short time, as his election as chief justice followed a few months later. When the Great Council decided to abolish the monasteries on January 10, 1841 , an angry crowd set Müller prisoner for a short time. In the same year he gave up his parliamentary mandate and supervised the handover of the goods of the Muri monastery to the state as government commissioner . In addition to his judicial office, he also worked as a school inspector .

From 1849 to 1852, Müller was again a member of the Grand Council, and in the Constitutional Council he was involved in drafting a new cantonal constitution. In 1850 he carried out investigations against the war council of the Sonderbund , in 1852/53 he drafted the Aargau mortgage regulations. In 1864 the cantonal parliament refused to re-elect him as chief judge, whereupon he worked as a clerk until his death.

literature

  • Biographical Lexicon of the Canton of Aargau 1803–1957 . In: Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau (Ed.): Argovia . tape 68/69 . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1958, p. 566 .

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personal data
SURNAME Müller, Josef Leonz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Muri
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1866
Place of death Muri