Lorenzo Brentano | |
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 Brentano in 1878 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | |
| Preceded by | John V. Le Moyne |
| Succeeded by | Hiram Barber, Jr. |
| President of the Chicago Board of Education[1] | |
| In office 1867–1868 | |
| Preceded by | George C. Clarke |
| Succeeded by | John Wentworth or S. A. Briggs |
| President of theFree State of Baden | |
| In office 1849–1849 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Ludwik Mierosławski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1813-11-04)November 4, 1813 Mannheim,Grand Duchy of Baden,Germany |
| Died | September 18, 1891(1891-09-18) (aged 77) Chicago,Illinois |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | Theodore |
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Lorenzo Brentano (November 4, 1813 – September 18, 1891) was aGerman revolutionary and journalist who served as President of theFree State of Baden during the1849 Baden Revolution. Following the failure of the revolutions, he andmany other intellectuals and leaders fled to the United States, where he became editor of theIllinois Staats-Zeitung and eventually served as a member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromIllinois.
Born asLorenz Peter Carl Brentano inMannheim,Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, Brentano received a thoroughclassical training and studied jurisprudence at theUniversities of Heidelberg andFreiburg. He practiced before the supreme court of Baden.
Brentano was elected to the Chamber of Deputies and in 1848 to theFrankfurt Parliament. He served as president of the provisional republic of Baden established by the revolutionists in 1849. He was sentenced to imprisonment for life after the failure of the revolution, but sought refuge in the United States viaSwitzerland.
He establishedDer Leuchtturm, a German anti-slavery journal, inPottsville, Pennsylvania. He settled inKalamazoo County, Michigan, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He moved toChicago, Illinois, in 1859. He wasadmitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Chicago. He became editor-in-chief and principal proprietor of theIllinois Staats-Zeitung from 1862 to 1867. The paper was sold in 1867, andHermann Raster took over Brentano's position as editor. He served as member of theIllinois House of Representatives in 1862, as a member of theChicago Board of Education 1862–1868 (serving as its president in 1867 and 1868), and as a delegate to the1864 Republican National Convention. In 1868 he was presidentialelector on theGrant andColfax ticket.[1][2]
In 1869, a general amnesty having been granted to therevolutionists of 1849, he revisited his native land. He was appointed United States consul atDresden in 1872 and served until April 1876.[2] Brentano's sonTheodore would become the first American ambassador toHungary.
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Brentano was elected as aRepublican to theForty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878. After leaving Congress, he engaged in literary and historical research designed to compare and contrast the American and European codes of criminal procedure. In this line of work he published a report of the trial of the assassin of PresidentGarfield, and a history of the celebrated case of Kring v. Missouri (seeList of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 107).[2]
He died in Chicago, and was interred inGraceland Cemetery.[3]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois's 3rd congressional district 1877-1879 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Editor in Chief of theIllinois Staats-Zeitung 1861-1867 | Succeeded by |
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