John Mattes (politician)

John Mattes Jr.
29th President pro tempore of the Nebraska Senate
In office
January 1917 – January 1919
Preceded byPhillip H. Kohl
Succeeded byBerton Kenyon Bushee
Personal details
Born1856
Nendingen, Württemberg, Germany
DiedUnknown
Residence(s)Nebraska City, Nebraska, U.S.
OccupationBrewer

John Mattes (born 1856) was a member of the Nebraska Legislature and brewer in Nebraska City, Nebraska, in the United States.

Mattes was born in Nendingen, Kingdom of Württemberg> He emigrated with his family from Burlington (1864) and Brookfield (1866) to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1876. There, his uncles Paul and John founded the "Mattes Brewery" where he became a partner in 1886.[1]

Living in Nebraska City he was mayor, member of the House of Representatives and Senate of Nebraska for Otoe County. He fought strictly against female suffrage.[2][3] Under President Cleveland, he was an agent of the Department of Agriculture.[1]

In 1906, he renamed the brewery "Otoe Brewing Co." With Nebraska State prohibition, the brewery was closed in 1917.[4]

From 1917 to 1918, he was President pro tem of the senate.[5]

Family

Paul Mattes had seven children: Frank P., Mary, Pauline, Rosa, Hoyt, Francis and Lotte. Frank was general agent of the Moerlein Brewery, Cincinnati, Ohio. John Mattes married Katie Schaefer in Des Moines. They had a daughter, Nora Angeline (1883).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c German settlers in Iowa
  2. ^ Thou Shalt Not Vote: Anti-Suffrage in Nebraska, 1914–1920[usurped]
  3. ^ The German-American Alliance in Nebraska, 1910–1917[usurped]
  4. ^ Trade Names for the Mattes Brewery in Nebraska City, NE[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ MANUAL OF Nebraska Legislative


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