Gustav Koerner
Politician
1809 – 1896
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Who was Gustav Koerner?
Gustav Philipp Koerner, also spelled Gustave or Gustavus Koerner was a revolutionary, journalist, lawyer, politician, judge, and statesman in Illinois and Germany and a Colonel of the U.S. Army who was a confessed enemy of slavery. He married on 17 June 1836 in Belleville Sophia Dorothea Engelmann, they had 9 children. He belonged to the co-founders and was one of the first members of the Grand Old Party; and he was a close confidant of Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd and had essential portion on his nomination and election for president in 1860.
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- Born
- Nov 20, 1809
Frankfurt - Nationality
- Germany
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
- Transylvania University
- Died
- Apr 9, 1896
Belleville
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on July 23, 2013
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