Nicolas Glasson

Nicolas Glasson (born December 27, 1817 in Bulle , † May 30, 1864 in Freiburg ) was a Swiss politician and judge . From 1848 to 1854 he was a member of the National Council, then until 1857 the Council of States .

biography

The son of a farmer attended the St. Michael College in Freiburg, where he took his legal exam. In 1838 Glasson served as the district attorney and community secretary in Bulle, and from 1838 to 1847 as the senior postal clerk at the same location. In the years 1847/48 he was before the district court. From 1852 to 1857 he was Attorney General of the Canton of Friborg , from 1853 to 1864 he was a member of the Federal Supreme Court . Glasson was editor of the newspaper Le Confédéré and also wrote articles for the magazine L'Emulation and for the Société d'études . He was also the author of local poems.

Glasson was elected to the Freiburg Grand Council in 1847 , to which he was a member until 1856. He was one of the leading representatives of the radicals , but gradually moved to more moderate positions. In 1848 he ran successfully in the first national council elections . After he was re-elected in 1851, he was voted out of office in 1854. The Grand Council then elected him to the Council of States, to which Glasson belonged until 1857.

Web links

• François Genoud: Glasson, Nicolas. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .