Sigmund Zeisler

Sigmund Zeisler (1860-1931) was a German-Jewish U.S. attorney born in Austria and known for his defense of radicals in Chicago in the 1880s. His wife was the famed concert pianist Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler.

Sigmund Zeisler
Born1860
Bielitz, Austrian Silesia, Austrian Empire
Died1931 (age 71)
EducationJ.D. Northwestern University School of Law
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Spouse(s)Fannie Bloomfield
ChildrenLeonard Bloomfield Zeisler
Paul Bloomfield Zeisler
Ernest Bloomfield Zeisler
FamilyClaire Zeisler (daughter-in-law)
Maurice Bloomfield (brother-in-law)
Leonard Bloomfield (nephew-in-law)

Sigmund Zeisler was born in Bielitz, Austrian Silesia in 1860. He began his education at the University of Vienna and emigrated to Chicago in 1883.

Zeisler graduated from Northwestern University Law School in 1884.

Personal life

In 1885 he married his second cousin Fannie Bloomfield,[1] sister of philologist Maurice Bloomfield and the aunt of linguist Leonard Bloomfield. The Zeislers had three sons: Leonard Bloomfield Zeisler, Paul Bloomfield Zeisler, and Ernest Bloomfield Zeisler (married to Claire Zeisler).[1] After Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler's death in 1927, Zeisler married Amelia Spellman in 1930. He died in 1931.

Professional career

In 1886-1887, Zeisler was co-counsel for the defendants in the Anarchist cases, popularly known as the Haymarket cases. Zeisler was a progressive and was a member of the American Anti-Imperialist League, the Municipal Voters' League, and the Civil Service Reform Association.

Zeisler was a writer and lectured on legal topics. Zeisler was a member of the Chicago Literary Club, The Little Room, Book and Play and the Cliff Dwellers Club.

Cases

Publications
  • Zeisler, Sigmund "The Legal and Moral Aspects of Abortion," remarks at the 1910 meeting of the Chicago Gynecological Society, printed in the Journal of Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Vol. 10, p. 539.
  • Zeisler, Sigmund Reminiscences Of The Anarchist Case Chicago Literary Club 1927 1st Wraps, very good, 40pp, 1/570. PB[2]

Notes
  1. Hallman, Diana. "Fannie Bloomfield Zeissler 1863–1927". Jewish Women's Archive.
  2. http://www.beasleybooks.com/store/BOOKS012401I.htm

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