Wojciech Trąmpczyński

Wojciech Stefan Trąmpczyński (German also Adalbert von Trampczynski ; born February 8, 1860 in Debowa , † March 2, 1953 in Poznań ) was a Polish politician in the German Empire and the Second Republic of Poland . In this he was successively Sejm Marshal and Marshal of the Senate .

Portrait of Wojciech Trąmpczyński by Stanisław Lentz

Life

Trąmpczyński came from a family of landowners. He studied law in Breslau and Berlin . Since 1886 he ran a lawyer and notary practice in Poznan.

He was a member of the Poznan City Council as a member of the Polish parliamentary group. Between 1911 and 1918 he was also a member of the Prussian House of Representatives and from 1912 to 1918 of the Reichstag . There he was chairman of the Polish parliamentary group. During the First World War he worked in the secret, non-partisan Polish Citizens Committee.

In January 1919 the Supreme People's Council appointed him administrator of the province of Posen , which was claimed by Poland, against which the Prussian State Ministry protested sharply. A short time later, on February 14, 1919, he was elected Sejm Marshal (i.e. President of Parliament) and organized the Sejm's office . During the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 he was chairman of the Citizens Committee for State Defense. On the basis of the March constitution of 1921, as Sejm Marshal he took on the role of mediator between the head of state and the Sejm in the formation of a government.

In 1922 Trąmpczyński was elected Marshal of the Senate in its first term (until 1927). Despite his critical attitude towards the overthrow of 1926 by Józef Piłsudski , he took on the role of mediator between the new rulers and the supporters of the previous government. This helped prevent a civil war.

After the constitution of 1935 he was transferred to the opposition camp. Trąmpczyński is buried in the Honorary Cemetery in Poznan.

Individual evidence

↑ Muzeum Cyfrowe dMuseion - Portret Wojciecha Trąmpczyńskiego, marszałka Sejmu Ustawodawczego. Retrieved March 26, 2019 (Polish).
^ Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918. Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 389 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3)
^ Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): The Reichstag elections of 1912. Issue 2. Berlin: Verlag von Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1913, p. 86 (Statistics of the German Reich, Vol. 250)

literature

Protocols of the Prussian State Ministry. Volume 11 / II, p. 713 ( digital copy ; PDF; 2.0 MB)

Web links

Biography on the part of the Polish Senate
Wojciech Trąmpczyński in the database of members of the Reichstag

personal data
SURNAME	Trąmpczyński, Wojciech
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Trampczynski, Adalbert von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish politician, MdR, member of the Sejm
DATE OF BIRTH	February 8, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH	Debowa
DATE OF DEATH	March 2, 1953
Place of death	Poznań

[1] Muzeum Cyfrowe dMuseion - Portret Wojciecha Trąmpczyńskiego, marszałka Sejmu Ustawodawczego. Retrieved March 26, 2019 (Polish).

[2] Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918. Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 389 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3)

[3] Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): The Reichstag elections of 1912. Issue 2. Berlin: Verlag von Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht, 1913, p. 86 (Statistics of the German Reich, Vol. 250)