Martin Gamma

Martin Gamma (born March 21, 1856 in Altdorf ; † October 22, 1937 there , Catholic , entitled to live in Altdorf) was a Swiss politician ( FDP ).

biography

Martin Gamma was born on March 21, 1856 in Altdorf as the son of the country woman Martin Gamma senior and Aloisia née Arnold. After completing a commercial apprenticeship in Grandson , Martin Gamma entered the Uri civil service. First he worked as an assistant at the mortgage bank from 1874, from 1880 as adjunct and from 1888 as head of the state treasury, and finally from 1894 as state advocate and debt enforcement officer of the Altdorf community. He also worked as an insurance advisor and newspaper editor .

In addition, he was involved in shooting and singing circles as well as in the Tellspielgesellschaft. In 1935 he wrote "Das Rütli" . Between 1898 and 1937 he was also represented on the administrative board of Elektrizitätswerke Altdorf AG and in various cultural organizations.

Martin Gamma married in 1886 Emma, the daughter of New York jewelers Christian Linherr. He died on October 22, 1937 five months before he would have turned 82 in Altdorf.

Martin Gamma, a member of the Free Democratic Party, began his political career in 1886 on the Altdorf local council , of which he was a member until 1892, and from 1891 as president . At the cantonal level, he was initially represented in the Uri District Administrator from 1888 to 1894, 1896 to 1900 and 1904 to 1912 . After that, he served from 1915 to 1924 as a Government , of which 1915 to 1920 as head of finance, because then until 1924 the military and commercial management. In addition, he was the Executive Council 1915-1919 as Landammann ago. In addition, he represented his canton at the federal level in the National Council after the parliamentary elections from 1914 to 1925 .

Martin Gamma played a leading role in overcoming the crisis of the savings fund and, from 1919 onwards, pushed the amelioration of the right bank of the Reuss plain . From 1892 he built the Urnerische Freinnige Party, which in 1904 joined the Swiss Liberal Party. The "Gotthard Post" , founded in 1892, served as the organ. Gamma edited it from the start and published it in its own print shop from 1912 onwards. Martin Gamma is counted among the most important Uri politicians in the decades around 1900.

literature

• Gotthard Post 83 , 1937
• Urner Wochenblatt 85 , 1937
• Words of Memory of Martin Gamma , 1937
• Christoph Zurfluh: Passionless, free-spirited and loyal , 1993
• Christoph Zurfluh: And all happiness is a dream: from the life of Martin Gamma (1856-1937) , 2002

Web links

• Hans Stadler: Gamma, Martin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Literature by and about Martin Gamma in the catalog of the German National Library