Moritz Baumgartner

Moritz Baumgartner (born February 26, 1844 in Cham ; † December 16, 1900 there ; Catholic , resident in Cham) was a Swiss politician ( Catholic Conservative ).

biography

Moritz Baumgartner was born on February 26, 1844 as the son of Heinrich Baumgartner in Cham. After attending primary and secondary school in Cham, Baumgartner worked as a farmer and from 1893 to 1900 as a collector of the Zuger Kantonalbank in Cham. He also acted from 1874 to 1883 as judge of cassation and revision judge, in 1894 as a member of the constitutional commission and from 1898 to 1900 as judge of the peace.

Moritz Baumgartner, who was married to Katharina, the daughter of the farmer, rural and constitutional councilor Elias Bernhard Bütler, died on December 16, 1900 at the age of 56 in Cham.

Political functions

At the local level he worked as a community clerk from 1867 until he was voted out of office in 1888 . He also served as Mayor of Cham from 1880 to 1900. At the cantonal level, the Catholic-Conservative politician Baumgartner was a member of the Cantonal Council from 1872 to 1900 , where he was Vice-President in 1900. He was also represented in the government council in 1885, where he was voted out of office, and from 1889 to 1898 .

Moritz Baumgartner was an influential Catholic-Conservative leader, fierce opponent of the liberals in the political struggles of the 1870s , he unsuccessfully demanded proportional representation in 1876 , which was finally introduced in 1894.

literature

• Zug news. No. 146 and 147, 1900.

Web links

• Renato Morosoli: Baumgartner, Moritz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Chamapedia.ch: Baumgartner, Moritz (1844–1900)