Joseph Brucker
Joseph Brucker (October 30, 1849–October 5, 1921) was an Austrian American newspaper editor who was active in the Republican Party, serving as Secretary of the Wisconsin Republican State Convention and as a member of the Illinois Republican State Central committee.
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| Born | October 30, 1849 |
| Died | October 5, 1921 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Occupation | Newspaper editor |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Rosa Morawetz |
Early years
Born in 1849 in Bad Ischl, Brucker was the son of Joseph Brucker and Antonia Ozlberger Brucker.[1] He was educated at the University of Vienna. Finding his politics too radical for Europe, he immigrated to the United States in 1871, first finding employment with a railroad survey company in Wisconsin, then as a teacher, before entering the American German language newspaper business.[2]
Career
After several failed ventures, he was hired in 1894 as managing editor of the renowned Illinois Staats-Zeitung by its owner, A.C. Hesing to replace his son Washington, who left the paper because he was appointed Postmaster of Chicago by President Cleveland. Brucker stayed with the paper until 1901, when he went to Germany to become the editor of the Columbia Berlin.[3] His later life is almost totally unknown, and he appears to have fallen from the public eye following the divorce from his wife. Brucker participated in the 1920 United States Census and was living as a boarder in San Francisco at the time.[4]
Personal life and death
In 1873, Brucker married Rose Morawetz.[1] His daughter Antoinette married Edwin O. Raster, son of the editor and politician Hermann Raster. He died in San Francisco on October 5, 1921.[5]
References
- Flinn, John Joseph (1893). The Hand-book of Chicago Biography: A Compendium of Useful Biographical Information for Reference and Study. Standard guide. pp. 73–74. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- “Joseph Brucker.” History of Illinois Republicanism, Embracing a History of the Republican Party in the State to the Present Time ... with Biographies of Its Founders and Supporters ... Also a Chronological Statement of Important Political Events since 1774, by Green B. Raum, Rollins Pub. Co., 1900, pp. 710–714.
- Maquis, Albert Nelson, and John William Leonard. Who's Who in America. Vol. 2, Marquis Who's Who, 1906.
- "United States Census, 1920," Joseph Brucker in household of Clara Drabek, San Francisco Assembly District 28, San Francisco, California, United States; citing ED 271, sheet 5B, line 74, family 132, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 140; FHL microfilm 1,820,140.
- "Obituary: Joseph Brucker". The Sheboygan Press. October 14, 1921. p. 6. Retrieved January 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.