Gustav Koerner

Gustav Koerner
Koerner's portrait at the Illinois Supreme Court.
12th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
In office
10 January 1853 – 12 January 1857
GovernorJoel Aldrich Matteson
Preceded byWilliam McMurtry
Succeeded byJohn Wood
United States Minister to Spain
In office
14 June 1862 – 20 July 1864
PresidentAbraham Lincoln
Preceded byCarl Schurz
Succeeded byJohn P. Hale
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
In office
1842
Personal details
Born
Gustav Philipp Körner

(1809-11-20)20 November 1809
Free City of Frankfurt
Died9 April 1896(1896-04-09) (aged 86)
Belleville, Illinois
Resting placeWalnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, Illinois
Citizenship United States (1838)
NationalityGerman, American
Political partyRepublican (co-founder)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
Sophie Engelmann
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(m. 1836; died 1888)​
Children
  1. Theodore (*1837)
  2. Margaret (*1838)
  3. Mary (*1838)
  4. Augusta (*1842)
  5. Gustavus Adolphus (*1845)
  6. Paulina (*1847)
  7. Caroline (*1848)
  8. Frederick (*1849)
  9. Victor (*1853)[1]
Residence(s)Gustave Koerner House, 200 Abend St., Belleville, Illinois 62220
Alma materUniversity of Heidelberg, Transylvania University
Occupation
  • Politician
  • lawyer
  • judge
  • journalist
ProfessionDoctor juris utriusque
Signature
Websitewww.gustavekoerner.org
Military service
Allegiance
  • United States of America
  • Union
Branch/service
Years of service1861–1862
Rank Colonel,
Brig. General[2]
Unit43rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Gustav Philipp Koerner, also spelled Gustave or Gustavus Koerner (20 November 1809 – 9 April 1896), was a German-American revolutionary, journalist, lawyer, politician, judge and statesman in Illinois and Germany, and a Colonel of the U.S. Army who was a confessed enemy of slavery. He married on 17 June 1836 in Belleville Sophia Dorothea Engelmann (16 November 1815 – 1 March 1888);[3] they had 9 children.[4][self-published source] He belonged to the co-founders and was one of the first members of the Grand Old Party, and was a close confidant of Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd, and had an essential role in his nomination and election for president in 1860.[1]

  1. ^ a b Fuener, Cynthia A. (February 2005). "RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: St. Clair County Illinois". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  2. ^ Koerner, Gustave (1909). McCormack, Thomas J. (ed.). "Military Disorganization". Memoirs of Gustave Koerner. Digitization Projects Philologic Results. Illinois State Library. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Koerner, Gustave Philipp". House Divided. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. ^ Hale, Douglas (28 February 2005). Wanderers Between Two Worlds. Xlibris. p. 219. ISBN 978-1-4653-1559-5. Retrieved 11 August 2013.