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| 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]].<ref name="Blair" />{{rp|p.5}}<ref name="Blair2">{{cite book|title=Illinois Representative A.B. Wolf: President McKinley Constant Ally in Washington D.C.|last=Blair|first=Harry C. and Rebecca Tarshis|publisher=Illinois Historical Society|year=1960|location=Springfield, Illinois|pages=102-109}}</ref> 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>

== Political career ==
Wolf served as the Chicago Alderman from the 32nd Ward from March 4, 1879, until his resignation on December 24, 1882.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Learning Network|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0112.html#article}}</ref> After Wolf did not get a Cabinet position under President [[Chester A. Arthur|Chester A. Arthur,]] he became a member of the [[Illinois Senate]], from 1885-1889.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/Augustus-Bernard-Wolf.html|title=The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Augustus Bernard Wolf}}</ref>

=== '''1896 Illinois gubernatorial election''' ===
Wolf ran against incumbent [[Illinois]] Democratic Governor, John Peter Altgeld. He ran for the Republican nomination alongside U.S. Congressman Albert J. Hopkins, Springfield's Dr. Joseph Robbins, and the [[Illinois Treasurer|Illinois State Treasurer]], John Riley Tanner.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date=April 30, 1896|title=Cullom's a Stayer|page=2|work=Wood County reporter|location=Grand Rapids, Wis.|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033078/1896-04-30/ed-1/seq-2/|access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref> 

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