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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              = Louisa Sturhan ​(m. 1880)
| 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          = 
| name                = Augustus Bernard Wolf
| image               = Rep.Augustus_Bernard_Wolf.jpg
| office              = 
| children            = [[Theodore Wolf]]
}}

'''Augustus Bernard Wolf''' (August 20, 1854- May 10, 1929) was an [[Americans|American]] politician, legislator, attorney, businessman, investor, and 1896 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="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 serving as the [[Chicago City Council|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> After losing his reelection for the Illinois Senate, Wolf then served six terms in the [[Illinois House of Representatives]] from January 9, 1889 to January 9, 1901.<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 1899-1900,' Biographical Sketch of A.B. Wolf, pg. 250-251</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><ref>[https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=INN18960430-01.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- "The Illinois Republicans"]. ''Indianapolis News''. Indianapolis, Indiana. April 30, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 19 July 2021.</ref> Wolf soon dropped out of the race in April of 1896, losing the Republican nomination to John Riley Tanner. <ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1896-04-30/ed-1/seq-3/ "Battle Royal in Illinois"]. ''New-York tribune''. New York, N.Y. April 30, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 19 July 2021.</ref>

=== 1900 Vice Presidential nomination ===
In November 1899, Vice President [[Garret Hobart]] died of heart failure, leaving an open spot on the 1900 Republican national ticket. Wolf was nominated by the [[Republican Party (United States)|Illinois Republican Party]] to serve as the [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] alongside Incumbent President [[William McKinley]].<ref>[https://elections.harpweek.com/1900/Overview-1900-2.asp "Election of 1900 Overview"]. ''HarpWeek''. Retrieved December 29, 2018.</ref> {{sfn|Connolly|p=33}} Wolf was reluctant and denied the nomination for the [[Vice President of the United States|Vice-Presidential Seat]]. <ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=9WaaAAAAIAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en&source=newbks_fb The Presidential Vote], 1896-1932 – Google Books''. Stanford University Press. 1934. ISBN <bdi>9780804716963</bdi>. Retrieved August 12, 2014.</ref>

== Later life ==
Wolf fully retired from public life in 1902, splitting his time between his house in [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], and his 9,200, acre farm in [[Effingham, Illinois]]. He invested into stockyards and farms throughout the [[Midwestern United States]], owning nearly 30,500 acres of farm ground in [[Illinois]], [[Iowa]], [[Indiana]], and [[Missouri]].<ref>Pate, J'Nell L. (2005). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/America_s_Historic_Stockyards/ho8Te_Qf4NEC?hl=en ''America's Historic Stockyards: Livestock Hotels''.] TCU Press. pp. 91, 109, 110. ISBN <bdi>9780875653044</bdi>. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

</ref> Wolf died of a heart attack at his [[Effingham, Illinois]] farm on May 10, 1929, at the age of 74.<ref>Former State Representative A.B. Wolf Dies In Effingham, Illinois,' '''The Decatur Review (Illinois),''' March 11, 1929, pg. 4</ref>

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