- William Sohmer
William Sohmer (
May 26 ,1852 Kingdom of Württemberg - 1929) was an American politician.Life
He came with his parents in 1858 to
New York where his brother Hugo foundedSohmer & Co. In 1872, he entered the insurance business, and became head of the Niagara Fire Insurance Company.He was Democratic member from
New York County of theNew York State Assembly from 1890 to 1892. Afterwards he was appointed a Deputy Tax Commissioner.In 1894, he was defeated when running for Sheriff of New York County. In 1895 he was elected New York County Register, and in 1897 New York County Clerk.
He was a member of the
New York State Senate from 1907 to 1908.He was
New York State Comptroller from 1911 to 1914, elected in 1910 on the Democratic, and re-elected in 1912 on the Democratic andIndependence League tickets, and defeated in 1914 for re-election running on both tickets again.He was a delegate to the
1912 Democratic National Convention .He was Treasurer of the Society of St. Tammany from 1910 on.
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* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/soapy-solwin.html The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Snyderman to Sombati ] at politicalgraveyard.com Political Graveyard
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9E05E1DF1231E033A25752C1A9679D94659ED7CF] The camapign expenses, in NYT on November 11, 1894
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B05E0D9113DE433A25752C1A9669D94649ED7CF] The Tammany nominees, in NYT on October 11, 1895
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A00E1DA123CE433A25753C1A9679D94669ED7CF] The campaign expenses, in NYT on November 10, 1897
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B00E2D81239E433A25752C0A9669D946196D6CF] The Democratic candidates, in NYT on October 1, 1910
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D03E5DE133CE633A25757C0A9669D946396D6CF] The Democratic candidates, in NYT on October 4, 1912
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,737464-2,00.html] Death notice in TIME Magazine on March 4, 1929
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