Augustus Weismann (March 6, 1809, in
Kingdom of Württemberg
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– 1884) was an American politician from New York.
Life
He attended school in his native village and
Schorndorf
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. Then he became an
apothecary
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. In 1832, he emigrated to the United States, and settled in New York City. In 1833, he opened a small drugstore on
Broome Street
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. In 1834, he married Clara Fabia Loss (born 1815), daughter of City Surveyor Adolphus Loss, and they had five children. From 1846 to 1860, he was a partner in a big drugstore on
Broadway
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. Afterwards he bought a farm in
New Jersey
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and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He entered politics as a
Democrat
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, became a
Free Soiler in 1848; and joined the
Republican Party upon its foundation in 1855. He was appointed as a member of the New York City Board of Education in 1851; was a member of the Board of Supervisors of New York County from 1858 to 1863; and was a member of the
New York State Senate
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(6th D.) in
1872
Events January
* January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years.
*January 20 – The Cavite mutiny was an uprising of Filipino military personnel of Fort S ...
and
1873
Events January
* January 1
** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar.
** The California Penal Code goes into effect.
* January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defeat the Unit ...
.
Sources
''Life Sketches of Executive Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York''by William H. McElroy & Alexander McBride (1873; pg. 110ff)
-book''CITY GOVERNMENT IN 1858''in NYT on January 5, 1858
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1809 births
1884 deaths
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Politicians from New York City
Emigrants from Württemberg to the United States
People from Schorndorf
19th-century members of the New York State Legislature