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August Dreesbach

German politician and merchant (1844-1906)

PersonDied aged 62humanQ761138

Born: August 13, 1844
Died: November 25, 1906
Birthplace: Düsseldorf
Place of death: Berlin
Citizenship: Germany
Occupation: politician
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, merchant
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Positions held: member of the Reichstag of the German Empire
, Member of the Second Chamber of the Diet of the Grand Duchy of Baden
Languages spoken, written or signed: German

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Hermann Josef August Dreesbach was a German shop owner, concentrating on cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products, who became a political agitator and then a politician, a political journalist and a pioneer of what became the country's Social Democratic Party (SPD). As Bismarck's contentious anti-Socialist Laws were allowed to lapse during 1890, Dreesbach was elected to membership of the ”Reichstag” in Berlin in February 1890, representing the electoral district of Mannheim. He remained a member, albeit with a break between 1893 and 1898, until his death, by which time he was among the best known of the SPD leaders on the national stage. It was estimated that 30,000 people took part in his funeral and cremation ceremonies, conducted in Mannheim on 2 December 1906.

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Sex or gender: male
Member of political party: Social Democratic Party of Germany
Given name: August
Work location: Berlin
Name in native language: August Dreesbach
Family name: Dreesbach

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