Solomon Scheu (January 6, 1822 – November 23, 1888) was an American businessman and politician from

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He came to the

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in 1839 to live with an uncle and a brother in

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, and learned the

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's trade. In 1844, he removed to

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, where his brother Jacob lived. They opened a bakery, later a grocery business, and then a

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factory. In 1847, he married Wilhelmina Rink, and they had seven sons and a daughter. He entered politics as a Democrat, and was alderman from the Sixth Ward in 1854 and 1855. He was Receiver of Taxes from 1856 to 1859. He was an Alderman again in 1866 and 1867. He was an Inspector of State Prisons from 1868 to 1873, elected in 1867 and 1870. In November 1877, he was elected Mayor of Buffalo by a slim margin in a three-way race, defeating the incumbent Republican Philip Becker (vote: Scheu 8,756; Becker 8,159; Edward Bennett, Tax Payers Party, 6,216). He was in office from January 7, 1878, to January 1880, but was defeated for re-election in 1879 by

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(vote: Brush 13,721; Scheu 12,189). In 1887, he ran again for Mayor but was defeated by the incumbent Philip Becker (vote: Becker 17,925; Scheu 17,451). He died of "paralysis", and was buried at the

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. His son Solomon Scheu (1850–1895) was also an alderman of Buffalo.

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The Mayors of Buffalo, at ''The Buffalonian''

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