- Edward Degener
Infobox_Congressman
name = Edward Degener|
birth =October 20 ,1809
place of birth = Brunswick, Germany
death =September 11 ,1890
place of death =San Antonio, Texas
state =Texas
district = 8th
term = 1870–1871
preceded = District Created
succeeded = John Hancock
party = RepublicanEdward Degener (
October 20 ,1809 -September 11 ,1890 ) was a Republican U.S. Representative fromTexas during Reconstruction.Born in Brunswick, Germany, Degener pursued an academic course in
Germany and inEngland . He was twice a member of the legislative body inAnhalt-Dessau and was a member of the first German National Assembly atFrankfurt-am-Main in 1848. [cite web
last =Hooker
first =Anne W.
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title =Edward Degener
work =Handbook of Texas Online
publisher =Texas State Historical Association
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url =http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/DD/fde28.html
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accessdate = 2007-09-30 ] He immigrated to the United States in 1850 and settled inSisterdale, Texas , in theTexas Hill Country west of San Antonio, with its burgeoning German immigrant population. Degener engaged in agricultural pursuits. During the Civil War, he was court-martialed and imprisoned by the Confederates because of his devotion to the Union cause. After his release from imprisonment engaged in the wholesale grocery business in San Antonio.He served as member of the Texas constitutional conventions in 1866 and 1868. Upon the readmission of the State of Texas to representation was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress and served from
March 31 ,1870 , toMarch 3 ,1871 . Degener was an unsuccessful for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress.He served as member of the city council of
San Antonio, Texas from 1872 to 1878 and died in San Antonio onSeptember 11 ,1890 ; He was interred in the City Cemetery.ources
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* "Handbook of Texas Online", Texas State Historical Association.References
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