Samuel Friedrich Siegfried
Samuel Friedrich Siegfried (born October 7, 1809 in Zofingen , † October 31, 1882 in Basel ; resident in Zofingen) was a Swiss politician and railway manager . From 1841 to 1854 he was a member of the government of the Canton of Aargau , from 1848/49 he represented his canton in the Council of States , and from 1849 to 1857 in the National Council . In addition, he was General Director of the Swiss Central Railway .
biography
After finishing school in Zofingen, Siegfried graduated from the canton school in Aarau . He then studied law at the Universities of Bonn and Heidelberg . In Heidelberg he became a member of the Corps Helvetia in 1831 . After being admitted to the bar, he went on to study briefly in Paris , whereupon he opened a law firm in Zofingen. In 1834 Siegfried, who was close to the Liberals, was elected to the Grand Council . He was a member of this until 1852 and again from 1856 to 1869, and he presided over the cantonal parliament four times.
Siegfried was Stadtammann von Zofingen until 1841 when the Grand Council elected him to the cantonal government. In November 1848, the same body was elected to the Council of States , but three months later he was elected by the people to the National Council; He belonged to this until 1857, where he was President of the National Council in 1856 . In 1854 Siegfried resigned from the cantonal government and worked for the next two years as a district administrator in Zofingen.
When the Schweizerische Centralbahn was founded in 1853 , Siegfried was a member of the board of directors. He was the inspector of the Olten train station and after the opening of the Olten – Lucerne railway in 1856, it was its operations inspector . Siegfried rose to the board of directors of the railway company and moved to Basel . From 1869 to 1879 he headed Centralbahn as general director, and remained on the board of directors until his death.
literature
- Biographical Lexicon of the Canton of Aargau 1803–1957 . In: Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau (Ed.): Argovia . tape 68/69 . Verlag Sauerländer, Aarau 1958, p. 719 .
Web links
- Patrick Zehnder: Siegfried, Samuel Friedrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 115 , 62
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Siegfried, Samuel Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zofingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 1882 |
| Place of death | Basel |