Legislator Details


Hugo Charles Loeser
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Number of sessions served 1
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 42

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 10/20/1858
City: Detroit, MI
County: Wayne County, MI
Country: US
 
Death
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Burial
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City: Jackson, MI
County: Jackson County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Woodland Cemetery

Marital Information:
He was married first to Emma Frank on December 2, 1885 in Detroit. After the death of Emma he was married to Christina Waltz, the widow of Peter Waltz, of Jackson, on January 9, 1907. He had two children with Emma: William Hugo Loeser (1888-1929) and Viola Therese Loeser Somerville (1890-1974)

Number of Children: 0

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Occupation: retail hardware merchant
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Education:
German American Seminary in Detroit, and the Mayhew Business College, of Detroit

Biographical Sketch:
He was the son of August Loeser (a native of Saxony, Germany) and Therese Mauch (a native of Wurtemburg, Germany). Came to Jackson in 1867 at the age of nineteen. According to his obituary, he was a member of the board of aldermen, and served two years on the board of county supervisors, three years as fire commissioner, and three years as police commissioner. He was a member of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce, the Masons and the Elks as well as the Loyal Order of Moose, the Maccabees and the Arbeiter Verein, a German Workingmen's Society. He was president of the Germania Building and Loan Association.

Notable Facts:
born in Detroit on the site where the Wayne county Court House now stands

Sessions Served:

Forty-First Legislature, 1901-1902
Chamber: Senate
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Apportionment , Banks and Corporations , Claims and Public Accounts , College of Mines , Industrial Home for Girls , Liquor Traffic , Taxation
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City of Residence: Jackson1/2/1901
County of Residence Jackson
District: 10
District Description:

Date Elected: 11/6/1900
Date Sworn In: 1/2/1901
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Married
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Bibliography:

Find-a-Grave.com; MIBiog 2:32
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