Simon Kander (December 21, 1848 – March 13, 1931) was an American businessman and politician. He served one term in the

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Biography

Born in

Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, it is the List of United States ...

, Kander went to Dickinson Seminary in

Williamsport, Pennsylvania Williamsport is a city in and the county seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 27,754. It is the principal city of the Williamsport Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a populati ...

, and then moved to

Titusville, Pennsylvania Titusville is a city in the far eastern corner of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,262 at the 2020 census. Titusville is known as the birthplace of the American oil industry and for a number of years was the le ...

. In 1868, Kander moved with his parents to

Milwaukee Milwaukee is the List of cities in Wisconsin, most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the List of United States cities by population, 31st-most populous city in the United States ...

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. Kander was in the real estate business and was also a traveling salesman for a clothing firm. His wife was

Lizzie Black Kander Elizabeth Black Kander (1858–1940) was an American progressive reformer, philanthropist and author, founder of a settlement house in Milwaukee, where she originated her best-known work, '' The Settlement Cookbook''. Early life Elizabeth Black wa ...

who was a progressive reformer. Kander served on the Milwaukee School Board. In 1907, Kander served in the

and was a Republican. Kander died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after a long illness. He and his wife are distant relatives of former Missouri Secretary of State

Jason Kander Jason David Kander (born May 4, 1981) is an American attorney, author, veteran, and politician. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, he served as the 39th Missouri Secretary of State, secretary of state of Missouri, from 2013 to 2017. H ...

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1848 births 1931 deaths Politicians from Baltimore People from Titusville, Pennsylvania Politicians from Milwaukee Lycoming College alumni School board members in Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1840s-stub