Paul Bechtner

Paul Bechtner
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 5th district
In office
January 1891 – January 1895
Preceded byTheodore Fritz
Succeeded byWilliam H. Austin
Personal details
Born(1847-12-19)December 19, 1847
Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg
DiedFebruary 12, 1914(1914-02-12) (aged 66)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican
Educationoccupation = Newspaper editor, manufacturer, politician
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Paul Bechtner (December 19, 1847 – February 12, 1914) was an American newspaper editor, manufacturer, and politician.

Biography

Paul Bechtner was born in Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg on December 19, 1847.[1] He emigrated to the United States in 1848, and settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1868.[2] Bechtner was the publisher of Abendpost, a German-language newspaper. He was a manufacturer and manager of the Exposition Building in Milwaukee.

In 1878, Bechtner was elected school commissioner and, in 1884, was elected president of the school board. In 1884, he was president of the Milwaukee County Insane Asylum Board of Trustees. In 1886, Bechtner served on the Milwaukee Common Council. A Republican, he served in the Wisconsin Senate from 1891 to 1895.[1] He unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Milwaukee in 1892.[3]

Bechtner died at his daughter's house in Milwaukee on February 12, 1914, after a long illness.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Secretary of State of Wisconsin. 1893. p. 627. Retrieved February 24, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Hanners, John (1993). "It was Play Or Starve": Acting in the Nineteenth Century American Popular Theatre. Bowling Green State University Popular Press. p. 90. ISBN 9780879725877. Retrieved February 24, 2022 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative men of Chicago, Milwaukee and the World's Columbian Exposition. Chicago, New York: American Biographical Publishing Company. 1892. pp. 870–871. Retrieved February 24, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ "Paul Bechtner, Prominent Milwaukee Man, Is Dead". The Sheboygan Press. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Associated Press. February 12, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved February 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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