Wilhelm Schmitt (politician)

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Wilhelm Schmitt (born May 22, 1810 in Gießen ; † after 1855) was a Hessian businessman and politician and a member of the 2nd Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

Wilhelm Schmitt was the son of the rent master Friedrich Ludwig Schmitt and his wife Louise Adolphine, née Emdbt.

After attending the Gießen high school, Schmitt, who was of Protestant faith, studied camera sciences in Gießen from 1828 . During his studies in 1828 he became a member of the old Gießen fraternity Germania . After giving up his studies, he worked as a clerk in Altenburg near Alsfeld. He was accused of having participated in revolutionary meetings in Giessen and of having been involved in the plot to assassinate Frankfurt in 1833, which is why he was sentenced to eight years in prison on November 5, 1838 by the Giessen court ; on January 7, 1839 he was pardoned.

He then worked again as a clerk in Altenburg near Alsfeld and later as a businessman in Frankfurt am Main. From 1851 to 1856 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Estates. He was elected for the constituency of the city of Alsfeld . He was also a member of the Alsfeld local council.

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , p. 285.
  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 338.
  • Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , No. 785.
  • Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , p. 233.

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SURNAME Schmitt, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of Parliament for the Grand Duchy of Hesse
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH to water
DATE OF DEATH 19th century or 20th century