Augustus Greulich was a member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly
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and the
Wisconsin State Senate
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.
Biography
Greulich was born in the
Grand Duchy of Baden
The Grand Duchy of Baden (german: Großherzogtum Baden) was a state in the southwest German Empire on the east bank of the Rhine. It existed between 1806 and 1918.
It came into existence in the 12th century as the Margraviate of Baden and sub ...
, Germany in 1813.
He moved to the United States in 1834 and settled in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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in 1840. Greulich died in 1893.
Career
Greulich was a member of the Milwaukee City Council from 1848 to 1849 and member of the State Assembly in 1848 and 1856. From 1857 to 1858, he was a member of the Senate. He was a
Democrat
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Politics
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References
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1813 births
1893 deaths
Emigrants from the Grand Duchy of Baden
Immigrants to the United States
Politicians from Milwaukee
Democratic Party Wisconsin state senators
Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Wisconsin city council members
19th-century American legislators