Martin Emerich (April 27, 1846 – September 25, 1922) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Illinois
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.
Born in
Baltimore, Maryland
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, Emerich attended the public schools. He engaged in the importing business. He was appointed ward commissioner of the poor of Baltimore in 1870. He served as member of the
Maryland House of Delegates
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1881–1883. He served as aide-de-camp to Governor
William T. Hamilton
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1880–1884, and to Governor
Elihu E. Jackson 1884–1887. He moved to
Chicago, Illinois
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in 1887 and engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1896, when he engaged in the manufacture of bricks. He served as member of the Board of Commissioners of
Cook County
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1892–1894. He served as assessor of
South Chicago
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1897.
Emerich was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1904. He retired in 1905. He died while on a visit in
New York City
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on September 25, 1922, at age 76, and was interred in
Rosehill Cemetery
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in Chicago.
Electoral history
See also
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List of Jewish members of the United States Congress
References
External links
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Martin Emerichat The Political Graveyard
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1846 births
1922 deaths
Burials at Rosehill Cemetery
Jewish members of the United States House of Representatives
Members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
Members of the Maryland House of Delegates
Politicians from Baltimore
Politicians from Chicago
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois