Reinhart Schmidt (politician)

Reinhart Schmidt (Elberfeld)

Reinhart Schmidt , also called Schmidt-Elberfeld , (born June 14, 1838 in Elberfeld (now part of Wuppertal ); † October 21, 1909 there ) was a German entrepreneur and politician as a member of the German Reichstag .

Life

Schmidt attended the grammar school Elberfeld. In 1869 he founded the company Reinhart Schmidt GmbH, which still exists today, for the production of envelopes in a backyard on Herzogstrasse in Elberfeld.

Schmidt was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives for the constituency Arnsberg 4 (city and district Hagen - district Schwelm ) from 1890 to 1893 and from 1898 to 1909. He was a member of the city council in Elberfeld from 1873 to 1884 and again from 1890. In the period from 1908 to 1909 he was a member of the provincial parliament of the Prussian Rhine Province for Elberfeld.

He was also a member of the Reichstag from 1881 to 1884 for the Düsseldorf 2 constituency (Elberfeld-Barmen). From 1887 to 1893 he represented the constituency of Düsseldorf 1 (Lennep-Mettmann-Remscheid) in the Reichstag. In the Reichstag election in 1887 he was elected in the runoff election with the help of the Social Democrats against the National Liberal candidate, in 1890 with the help of the National Liberals against a Social Democratic candidate. From 1893 to 1907 he was a member of the constituency of Hesse 8 (Bingen-Alzey). He was a member of the Presidium of the Reichstag from 1895 to 1900. From 1893 he was chairman of the Central Committee of the Liberal People's Party .

In 1911 Wilhelm Neumann-Torborg erected a Reinhart Schmidt monument.

literature

Eckhard Hansen, Florian Tennstedt (Eds.) U. a .: Biographical lexicon on the history of German social policy from 1871 to 1945 . Volume 1: Social politicians in the German Empire 1871 to 1918. Kassel University Press, Kassel 2010, ISBN 978-3-86219-038-6 , p. 138 ( online , PDF; 2.2 MB).
Bärbel Holtz: Schmidt, Reinhart. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 214 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Reinhart Schmidt - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Schmidt, Reinhart in the database of members of the Reichstag
Reinhardt Schmidt's biography . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

Remarks

↑ Bernhard Mann et al. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 345. for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 620-623.
↑ http://www.afz.lvr.de/media/archive_im_rheinland/archiv_des_lvr/Abenkenliste.pdf
^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 162.
cf. also: Reichstag Bureau (ed.): Official Reichstag manual. Eighth legislative period 1890/1895. Publisher Crowitzsch & Sohn, Berlin 1890, p. 246.
^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 266.

personal data
SURNAME	Schmidt, Reinhart
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schmidt-Elberfeld, Reinhart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German entrepreneurs and politicians (DFP, FVp), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	June 14, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH	Elberfeld
DATE OF DEATH	October 21, 1909
Place of death	Elberfeld

[1] Bernhard Mann et al. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 345. for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 620-623.

[2] ttp://www.afz.lvr.de/media/archive_im_rheinland/archiv_des_lvr/Abenkenliste.pdf

[3] Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 162.
cf. also: Reichstag Bureau (ed.): Official Reichstag manual. Eighth legislative period 1890/1895. Publisher Crowitzsch & Sohn, Berlin 1890, p. 246.

[4] Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 266.