Frederick W. Horn
Frederick William Horn (August 21, 1815 – January 15, 1893) was a German-American immigrant, lawyer, and politician. He was the 4th, 7th, and 25th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly. He represented Ozaukee County for a total of 14 years in the Assembly and served as a senator in the first three sessions of the Wisconsin State Senate.
Frederick W. Horn | |
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4th, 7th, and 25th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly | |
In office January 13, 1875 – January 12, 1876 | |
Preceded by | Gabriel Bouck |
Succeeded by | Sam Fifield |
In office January 11, 1854 – January 10, 1855 | |
Preceded by | Henry L. Palmer |
Succeeded by | Charles C. Sholes |
In office January 8, 1851 – January 14, 1852 | |
Preceded by | Moses M. Strong |
Succeeded by | James McMillan Shafter |
Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 33rd district | |
In office January 14, 1891 – January 15, 1893 | |
Preceded by | Peter Lochen |
Succeeded by | Stephen F. Mayer |
Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 11th district | |
In office June 5, 1848 – January 8, 1851 | |
Preceded by | Position Established |
Succeeded by | Harvey G. Turner |
Mayor of Cedarburg, Wisconsin | |
In office April 1885 – April 1892 | |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Ozaukee district | |
In office January 12, 1887 – January 14, 1891 | |
Preceded by | John J. Race |
Succeeded by | William Henry Fitzgerald |
In office January 11, 1882 – January 10, 1883 | |
Preceded by | Charles G. Meyer |
Succeeded by | John J. Race |
In office January 9, 1867 – January 13, 1869 | |
Preceded by | James McCarthy |
Succeeded by | Job Haskell |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Ozaukee 2nd district | |
In office January 13, 1875 – January 12, 1876 | |
Preceded by | Adolphus Zimmermann |
Succeeded by | William Carbys |
In office January 10, 1872 – January 8, 1873 | |
Preceded by | Position Established |
Succeeded by | Adolphus Zimmermann |
In office January 12, 1859 – January 9, 1861 | |
Preceded by | Alexander M. Alling |
Succeeded by | William F. Opitz |
In office January 14, 1857 – January 13, 1858 | |
Preceded by | William Vogenitz |
Succeeded by | Alexander M. Alling |
In office January 11, 1854 – January 10, 1855 | |
Preceded by | Position Established |
Succeeded by | William H. Ramsey |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Washington 1st district | |
In office January 8, 1851 – January 14, 1852 | |
Preceded by | Solon Johnson |
Succeeded by | Simon D. Powers |
Chairman of the Ozaukee County Board of Supervisors | |
In office April 1889 – January 15, 1893 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Linum, Brandenburg, Prussia | August 21, 1815
Died | January 15, 1893 77) Cedarburg, Wisconsin, U.S. | (aged
Resting place | Cedarburg Cemetery Cedarburg, Wisconsin |
Political party | Democratic (Sometime Independent Democrat) |
Spouse(s) | Adelheid Schaelher
(m. 1845; died 1849)Minna Schaper (m. 1850–1893) |
Children | Bertha B. (Zaun) (b. 1850; died 1918) Clara (b. 1853; died 1900) Ernestine (b. 1856; died 1875) William (b. 1859; died 1927) Minna (b. 1861; died 1900) Alex W. (b. 1862; died 1919) Johanna (Altenhofen) (b. 1866; died 1932) |
Early life and career
Horn was born in Linum, in the Province of Brandenburg, in what was then the Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany). He was educated in Berlin, at the Gymnasium of the Gray Friar, but did not graduate, and entered the military service of Prussia.
He emigrated to the United States in 1836, first residing in New York state, then making his way west in 1837. He made his residence in Michigan but traveled extensively through Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and finally Wisconsin. He arrived in Milwaukee, in the Wisconsin Territory, in 1840 and, in 1841, settled in Mequon, in what was then Washington County. He resided here until his final move, to the neighboring community of Cedarburg, in 1847. He practiced law in Cedarburg and served as Mayor. He also served on the Ozaukee County Board of Supervisors and was editor of the Cedarburg Weekly News.
In 1842 Horn entered his first public office when James Duane Doty, Governor of the Wisconsin Territory, appointed him Justice of the Peace for Washington County. He also served as postmaster for Mequon, while he was residing there, and was Register of Deeds for the county in 1846 and 1847.
Political career
In 1848, he ran for and was elected to the first session of the Wisconsin State Senate, running as an independent Democrat. He was re-elected in November 1848 to a full two-year term in the Senate.[1]
In 1850, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 1851 session, and was chosen as the Speaker of the Assembly for that session. In 1853, Ozaukee County was created out of the eastern part of Washington County. That same year, Horn was elected as one of the first two representatives of Ozaukee County in the Wisconsin Assembly for the 1854 session, he was again chosen as Speaker for that session.[1]
Later in 1854 and 1855, he served as Wisconsin's Commissioner for Immigration in New York City, directing new immigrants and settlers to Wisconsin.[1]
He served again in the 1859 and 1860 sessions of the Wisconsin Assembly. Also during this time, he represented Wisconsin on the Democratic National Committee, and was Vice President of the 1860 Democratic National Conventions in Charleston and Baltimore. He was also a delegate for Wisconsin at the 1868 Democratic National Convention.[1]
He served as Ozaukee County Commissioner of Schools from 1862 to 1865, but returned to the Assembly again in 1867, 1868, and 1872. He was elected in 1874 with both Democratic and Republican support, and was then chosen as Speaker again for the 1875 session of the Assembly. He went on to serve another five years in the Assembly, in 1882, 1887, 1888, 1889, and 1890.[1]
In 1890, he was elected to a four-year term in the Wisconsin State Senate, but he would die in January 1893 before the end of that term.[2][3][4]
Horn was also active in local politics during this time, serving as Mayor of Cedarburg for the first seven years after it was incorporated as a city in 1885, and serving as Chairman of the Ozaukee County Board of Supervisors for the last four years of his life, from 1889 to 1893.[1]
Horn is the namesake of the community of Horns Corners, Wisconsin.[5]
Family and personal life
Horn married Adelheid Schaelher in 1845, but she died in 1849. They had no children. Horn married for a second time in 1850. With his second wife, Minna Schaper, Horn had seven children. Horn died January 15, 1893, in Cedarburg.[6]
Electoral history
Wisconsin Assembly (1874)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, November 3, 1874 | |||||
Independent Democratic | Frederick W. Horn | 444 | 42.13% | ||
Reform | William F. Jahn | 334 | 31.69% | ||
Reform | R. Schmidt | 276 | 26.19% | ||
Total votes | '1,054' | '100.0%' | |||
Democratic hold |
Wisconsin Assembly (1881, 1886, 1888)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, November 8, 1881 | |||||
Democratic | Frederick W. Horn | 690 | 42.07% | ||
Independent Democratic | James McCarthy | 527 | 32.13% | ||
Republican | Alexander M. Alling | 423 | 25.79% | ||
Total votes | '1,640' | '100.0%' | |||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, November 2, 1886 | |||||
Independent Democratic | Frederick W. Horn | 1,648 | 61.33% | ||
Democratic | H. B. Schwim | 1,039 | 38.67% | ||
Total votes | '2,687' | '100.0%' | |||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, November 6, 1888 | |||||
Independent Democratic | Frederick W. Horn (incumbent) | 1,888 | 40.67% | ||
Democratic | John J. Race | 1,438 | 30.98% | ||
Republican | Alexander M. Alling | 1,316 | 28.35% | ||
Total votes | '4,642' | '100.0%' | |||
Democratic hold |
Wisconsin Senate (1890)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, November 4, 1890 | |||||
Democratic | Frederick W. Horn | 7,097 | 71.00% | ||
Republican | J. E. Trottman | 2,878 | 28.79% | ||
Prohibition | Mr. Thayer | 21 | 0.21% | ||
Total votes | '9,996' | '100.0%' | |||
Democratic hold |
Notes
- "Biographical". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin, 1893 (Report). p. 634. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
- 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1893,' Biographical Sketch of Frederick W.Horn, pg. 634
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Bar Association: 1901, Biographical Sketch Of Frederick W. Horn, pg. 284
- Wisconsin Historical Society-Frederick W. Horn
- "Newland Became Cedarburg". The Milwaukee Sentinel. 4 September 1967. pp. Part 5, Page 5. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- Reed, Parker McCobb (1882). The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin. P. M. Reed. p. 408. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Moses M. Strong |
Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly 1851 – 1852 |
Succeeded by James McMillan Shafter |
Preceded by Henry L. Palmer |
Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly 1854 – 1855 |
Succeeded by Charles Sholes |
Preceded by Gabriel Bouck |
Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly 1875 – 1876 |
Succeeded by Sam Fifield |