Wilhelm Buff

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Wilhelm Buff

Wilhelm Buff (born February 7, 1825 in Hungen , Central Hesse ; † February 6, 1900 in Gießen ) was a German judge and politician .

Life

William Buff studied from 1843 jurisprudence at the Hessian Ludwigs-University of Giessen . In 1844 he was reciprocated in the Corps Hassia Gießen . As an inactive he moved to the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin .

After he finished his studies in 1847, he wrote several legal treatises. For several years he was secretary and chairman of the Hessian Lawyers Association. In 1850 he became secretary, in 1853 assistant judge and in 1861 assessor at the court in Giessen . In 1864 he was appointed court judge. He was a judge at the Reich Higher Commercial Court from 1875 to 1879 and from 1879 until his retirement in 1894 a judge at the Reich Court . He retired in Wiesbaden .

Parliament

On March 1, 1869, he was elected to the Reichstag of the North German Confederation in a replacement election in the constituency of Hesse 2 ( Friedberg , Büdingen , Vilbel ) , which also made him a member of the Customs Parliament . The election became necessary because MP Arnold Wendel had died in December 1868. Heinrich Bernhard Oppenheim was unsuccessful in the election :

“During the election in the Hessian district of Friedberg, the Bismarcklers shouted hurray too early: their candidate Dr. Oppenheim received 6,251 votes; der Großdeutsche, Hofgerichtsrath Buff, 7155. "

- Nürnberger Anzeiger, March 6, 1869

The election was objected to by Oppenheim's supporters and negotiated in the Reichstag on March 20. It was criticized that Buff was a government candidate and the election was rigged.

"Children and women had cast ballot papers for Buff, and so thin Hessian paper was used for almost all ballot papers that you could clearly see from the outside who, by choosing Mr. Buff, was setting an unforgettable monument for himself at Mr. von Dalwigk. and who, on the other hand, chose the evil HB Oppenheim in Berlin. "

- Hans Blum

According to the electoral regulations, the voters had to bring the voting slip with them. Each candidate had its own ballot paper, which each candidate had printed. People were also subsequently entered in closed electoral rolls or votes for Oppenheim were not accepted by electoral officers. But however votes had been deducted, Buff would have left a lead. At the first meeting on June 19, the election was declared valid. The tight decision was borne by the conservatives, but also supported by Hermann Heinrich Becker . The Kladderadatsch caricatured the decision:

“There was no choice - Buff! - some voices counted incorrectly - Buff! - a lot of charcoal and a lot of scratching - Buff! - but in the end party spirit - Buff! - a majority tortured out - Buff! - That's why Mr. Buff remains elected. - Buff! "

- Kladderadatsch, June 27, 1869

The Oppenheim supporters then printed a brochure with their representation. There they charged, among other things, that anti-Judaist or anti-Semitic resentments against Oppenheim had been served in the election campaign .

Buff did not belong to any parliamentary group in the Reichstag , but was an independent liberal . He was absent from the first vote on Lex Miquel-Lasker . He voted against the right to vote for soldiers or was not present in the decisive vote on the introduction of parliamentary allowances.

Parliament

From 1873 to 1875 Buff sat as a member of the second chamber of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

Honors

family

Buff was evangelical. His father was the lawyer and procurator Ludwig Buff (1799-1835). His mother was Auguste Reifenstein (1805-1857), an unparalleled daughter of Karl zu Solms-Braunfels . Buff was married twice. His son Friedrich Buff was also a member of the Hessian state parliament and an imperial judge.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 51 , 365
  2. ↑ Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867-1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 , photo p. 90, short biography p. 387.
  3. ↑ GoogleBooks
  4. ^ Stenographic reports on the negotiations of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation, 1st legislative period, session 1869, vol. 7, p. 181
  5. ^ Reichstag and Customs Parliament 1869 and 1870 , in: Our Time: German Review of the Present , Vol. 7, Part 1, p. 252
  6. ↑ Buff's corps brother Reinhard Carl Friedrich von Dalwigk is meant
  7. ^ Stenographic reports on the negotiations of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation, 1st legislative period, session 1869, vol. 7, page 1307
  8. ↑ page 119 (Heidelberg University Library)
  9. ^ The Reichstag election in Upper Hesse. A contribution to the natural history of small states , Stuttgart 1869 ( MDZ ). Buff's election program can be found in the appendix on p. 42.
  10. ^ 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 Heymanns Verlag , Berlin 1904, p. 261
  11. ^ Government Gazette 1876, Supplement 14, p. 187
  12. ↑ Carrying Permit, Government Gazette 1912, Appendix 28, p. 267

literature

  • Bernd Haunfelder , Klaus Erich Pollmann : Reichstag of the North German Confederation 1867–1870. Historical photographs and biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-7700-5151-3 .
  • Otto Renkhoff : Buff, Wilhelm , in: Nassauische Biographie. Short biographies from 13 centuries. 2nd edition, Wiesbaden 1992, p. 93.
  • Thomas Ormond: Dignity of a judge and loyalty to the government: Service law, political activity and discipline of judges in Prussia, Baden and Hesse 1866–1918 . Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1994, p. 585 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Buff, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buff, Georg Karl Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German judge and politician in the Grand Duchy of Hesse
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Hungen , Central Hesse
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1900
Place of death to water