Eugen Richter | |
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| Leader of the Free-minded People's Party | |
| In office 7 May 1893 – 10 March 1906 | |
| Preceded by | Party established |
| Succeeded by | Hermann Müller-Sagan |
| Member of the Reichstag (German Empire) | |
| In office 21 March 1871 – 10 March 1906 | |
| Constituency | Arnsberg 4 (1887-1906) Berlin 5 (1884-1887) Arnsberg 4 (1878-1884) Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1871-1878) |
| (North German Confederation) | |
| In office 1867–1871 | |
| Constituency | Nordhausen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 July 1838 Düsseldorf, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Died | 10 March 1906 (aged 67) Lichterfelde, Berlin, German Empire |
| Political party | Free-minded People's Party (1893–1906) |
| Other political affiliations | German Free-minded Party (1884–1893) German Progress Party (1861–1884) |
| Occupation | Journalist, Jurist |
Eugen Richter (30 July 1838 – 10 March 1906) was a German politician and journalist in Imperial Germany. He was one of the leading Old Liberals in the Prussian Landtag and the German Reichstag.[1]
- ^ Cf. Abbé E. Wetterlé (Representative for Alsace-Lorraine): few men exercised over Parliament an action so powerful as his. When the President granted him leave to speak, all the members gathered around him, for he never left his seat to mount the tribune. ... Bismarck, who could not stand contradiction, used to leave the assembly as soon as Richter began to speak. ... Few debaters had the courage to try their strength with the terrible polemicist. Kardorff and Kanitz, like Bebel and Singer, only reluctantly accepted the struggle with the man who always succeeded in having the laugh on his side. In: Behind the Scenes in the Reichstag, New York, 1918, p.47-48. (online)