Difference between revisions 8050674 and 8050735 on simplewiki

{{Short description|American politician}}{{Infobox officeholder|
| term_start2         = January 9, 1889
| order               = 
| party               = [[Republican Party]]
| profession          = [[Politician]], [[lawyer]], [[farmer]], [[investor]]
| spouse              = 
| death_place         = [[Effingham, Illinois]] United States
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1929|5|10|1854|08|20}}
(contracted; show full)

== Early life and education ==
Wolf was born in [[New York City|New York City, New York]] on August 20, 1854, to parents August Wolf (1823-1905) and Henrietta Hoepfner (1823-1906). His father, August Wolf was an immigrant from [[Prussia]] and served in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]], he was one of the leading members of abolishing slavery in the United States.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Masur|first=Louis 
PM.|title=Senator BakerWolf's Waveless ShorLife|language=en|work=Opinionator|url=https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/senator-bakersWolf-waveless-shore/life/|url-status=live|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref>

Wolf attended the [[University of Louisville]] and graduated in 1874. He graduated from the [[University of Chicago|University of Chicago Law School]] in 1876 and became a lawyer in [[Chicago]]. Wolf held several local political offices before serving in the [[Illinois House of Representatives]] and the [[Illinois Senate]], including sercing as the Chicago Alderman from the 32nd Ward from 1879 to 1882 before resigning from the position.⏎
⏎
== References ==