Joseph Rudolf
Henri Joseph Rudolf (born November 1, 1847 in Battenheim , Mulhouse district, † February 22, 1935 in Ensisheim ) was an Alsatian farmer and member of the second chamber of the regional parliament of the Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine for the center .
Joseph Rudolf was the son of the farmer and state committee member Jean-Baptiste Rudolf and his wife Marie-Anne Stackler. He married Anne Marie Marthe, born Rudolf (his cousin), on April 7, 1876 in Battenheim. The marriage produced a son and a daughter.
Joseph Rudolf, who was a Catholic denomination, was a farmer in Battenheim and later in Ensisheim . He was a member of the local council and the Upper Alsatian district assembly . He was a member of the state committee from 1891 to 1911 and was president of the agricultural council of the Reichsland and the agricultural district association of Gebweilers. He was a member of the German Agriculture Council. In the first (and only) election to the Alsatian state parliament, he ran in the constituency of Bollweiler-Ensisheim-Rufach as an independent candidate with the support of the center. In the first ballot, 5,561 votes were cast in the constituency of the 7,172 eligible voters. Rudolf received 4,240 votes and the Social Democrat Münch 1,138 votes. Joseph Rudolf belonged to the state parliament until its dissolution in 1918.
After the First World War he joined the UPR . He was awarded a Knight of the Legion of Honor.
literature
- Government and Parliament of Alsace-Lorraine 1911–1916. Biographical-statistical manual . Mulhouse 1911, p. 170.
- Olivier Conrad: Rudolf, Henri Joseph . In: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne , Faszikel 32, 1998, p. 3317.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rudolf, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rudolf, Henri Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Alsatian farmer and member of parliament |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Battenheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1935 |
| Place of death | Ensisheim |