Friedrich Hassaurek
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Born | Vienna | October 8, 1831
Died | October 3, 1885 Paris | (aged 53)
Resting place | Spring Grove Cemetery |
Friedrich Hassaurek (8 October 1831
Vienna, Austrian Empire - 3 October 1885 Paris
) was an American journalist and ambassador.
Biography
He attended the Piaristen
Cincinnati, Ohio
, and engaged in journalism, politics, and the practice of law.
Hassaurek was prominent among campaigners for
1860 Presidential election. In Kentucky, to gain a hearing, he appealed to the hospitality of the people. In Dayton, Ohio, he threatened to stay a month and try night after night until given a chance to speak. At another time, being abused and pelted with stones and missiles of all kinds, he laid down a revolver, and threatened to shoot any one that advanced upon him. Having thus intimidated the rough element, he was permitted to speak.[1]
On his
U. S. minister to Ecuador, Hassaurek went to thank the President “for appointing him to the highest position the administration had the power to give.” (The capital city of Ecuador, Quito, is over 9,000 feet (2,700 m) above sea level.)[1] He served as minister from 1861 to 1865. In 1865, he became editor of the Cincinnati Volksblatt. He was a Liberal Republican for Horace Greeley in 1872, and in 1876 campaigned for Samuel J. Tilden
.
He died in Paris while on a tour for his health. Leopold Markbreit was his half-brother.
Works
- Four Years among the Spanish-Americans (New York, 1868)
- The secret of the Andes. Cincinnati, Robert Clarke & Company 1879 (Digital Version)
Notes
References
- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton. This source records his birthdate as 9 October 1832.
- H. A. Marmer (1960). "Hassaurek, Friedrich". Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. IV, Part 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 383–384.