Wilhelm Blum (politician, 1831)

Wilhelm Blum (born July 3, 1831 in Dorpat , † February 18, 1904 in Heidelberg ) was a German lawyer and member of the Reichstag .

Life

William Blum studied law and received his doctorate Dr. jur. He spent most of his life in his adopted home, Heidelberg, where he was active as a national liberal politician and promoter of welfare. From 1869 to 1882 and 1889 to 1892 he was a member of the second chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly : 1869 to 1870 for the 13th constituency (Heidelberg); 1871 to 1872 for the 48th electoral district (Heidelberg); 1873 to 1878 for the 53rd electoral district (Office Mosbach); 1879 to 1882 for the 52nd electoral district (offices of Eberbach and Buchen); 1889 to 1892 for the 48th electoral district (Heidelberg).

From 1871 to 1884 Blum represented the constituency of the Grand Duchy of Baden 13 (Heidelberg - Eberbach - Mosbach) in the German Reichstag .

In 1872 he married Anna Blum , b. Helwerth (1843-1917). A financially independent position allowed the childless couple to lead a middle-class lifestyle.

Honors

• In 1901 Wilhelm Blum was made an honorary citizen of the city of Heidelberg.
• A street in Heidelberg-Neuenheim bears the name of the honorary citizen.

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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. 257.

literature

• German Nekrolog death list 1904
• Hermann Kalkoff (Ed.): National Liberal Parliamentarians , 1917
• Baden biographies . Part 6 1901-1910, 1935
• Wilhelm Kosch : Biographical State Handbook , Volume 1, 1963

Web links

• Wilhelm Blum in the database of members of the Reichstag
• Biography of Wilhelm Blum . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)