Life and work
During his time in political office, he was responsible for the following departments: * Department of Justice and Police (1861–1863) * Political Department (1864) * Department of Home Affairs (1865) * Department of Justice and Police (1866) * Department of Posts (1867) * Political Department (1868) * Department of Posts (1869) * Political Department (1870) * Department of Home Affairs (1871–1872) He was President of the Confederation three times in 1864, 1868 and 1870.External links
* * 1822 births 1879 deaths People from Affoltern District Swiss Calvinist and Reformed Christians Free Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians Foreign ministers of Switzerland Members of the Federal Council (Switzerland) Presidents of the Swiss Confederation Interior ministers of Switzerland Ministers of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications of Switzerland Justice ministers of Switzerland Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 1851–1854 Presidents of the National Council (Switzerland) Members of the Council of States (Switzerland) Presidents of the Council of States (Switzerland) Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland judges 19th-century Swiss judges {{Switzerland-politician-stub