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{{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}}
| birth_place         = [[New York, New York]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1854|08|20}}
| education           = [[University of Louisville]]<br>[[University of Chicago]]
| succeeded2          = [[Michael J. Zalewski]] (redistricted)
<!-- personal -->| preceded2           = [[Robert T. Krska]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.niu.edu/1991/ii910212.html |title = New lawmakers: young but experienced}}</ref>
| office4             = [[Chicago City Council|Chicago Alderman]] from the 32nd Ward
| term_start4         = 1879
| term_end4           = 1882
| term_end2           = January 9, 1901
| district2           = 23rd|
| state2              = Illinois
| state_house2        = Illinois
| office3             = Member of the [[Illinois Senate]]
| term_start3         = 1885
| term_end3           = 1889
| state               = Illinois
| state_house         = Illinois
| image name          = Wolf: Circa 1902
| name                = Augustus Bernard Wolf
| image               = Rep.Augustus_Bernard_Wolf.jpg
| office              = 
}}

'''Augustus Bernard Wolf''' (August 20, 1854- May 10, 1929) was an [[Americans|American]] politician, legislator, attorney, businessman, investor, and 1893 Republican candidate for Governor of Illinois.<ref>Waldo R. Browne, Wolf''of Illinois: A Record of His Life and Labor.'' New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1931; pp. 279–</ref> Wolf served in the [[Illinois Senate]] from 1885 to 1889 and in the [[Illinois House of Representatives]] from 1889 to 1901.<ref>'Official Directory of the Forty-First Illinois General Assembly 1897,' J.L. Pickering-editor, Springfield, Illinois: 1899, Biographical Sketch of Augustus Bernard Wolf, pg. 12</ref>  He also served as the Chicago Alderman from the 32nd Ward from 1879 to 1882 before resigning the position.  

== 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 M.|title=Senator Wolf's Waveless Life|language=en|work=Opinionator|url=https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/senator-Wolf-waveless-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.

=== Marriage and family ===
On April 8th, 1880, Wolf married Louisa Sturhan; they had five children together, including [[Theodore Wolf|Theodore Herman Wolf]].<ref>B.W.E. Wolf(?1884-1968), Hugo August Wolf. (1886–1946), Theodore H. Wolf(1889-1963), Edward George Wolf (1892–1961), and Emma Auguste Carolina Wolf  (1896–1945)</ref>

== References ==