Edward Rummel (c. 1838 – September 7, 1894) was the 15th

Secretary of State of Illinois The Secretary of State of Illinois is one of the six elected executive state offices of the government of Illinois, and one of the 47 Secretary of State (U.S. state government), secretaries of states in the United States. The Illinois Secretary o ...

from 1869 to 1873. His tenure is notable for devising a more systematic method of

record keeping Records management, also known as records and information management, is an organizational function devoted to the management of information in an organization throughout its life cycle, from the time of creation or receipt to its eventual disposi ...

that was required by the role of Illinois Secretary of State along with recommending a manual of state government.

Early life

Rummel was born in

Baden, Germany The Grand Duchy of Baden (german: Großherzogtum Baden) was a state in the southwest German Empire on the east bank of the Rhine. It existed between 1806 and 1918. It came into existence in the 12th century as the Margraviate of Baden and subse ...

in 1838 and later immigrated to America at the age of 13. Shortly after arriving in America, he took up an apprenticeship with a printer based out of

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. Rummel would then later go on to become editor of the ''Chicago Republican.'' In 1858, Rummel moved from Chicago to Peoria, where he shortly thereafter became co-owner of a newspaper named the ''Illinois Banner.'' Two years later, in 1860, he renamed the newspaper to ''Die Peoria Deutsche Zeitung,'' which persisted until 1878, at which point it was consolidated into a larger publication along with several other local newspapers''.''

Political career

Rummel was elected as the Secretary of State of Illinois in 1869 and is remembered for reducing the cost of public printing as well as his immense dedication to records management.

References

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