11 Facts About Edward Salomon

Edward Salomon was a Jewish American politician and the eighth governor of Wisconsin, having ascended to office from the lieutenant governorship after the accidental drowning of his predecessor, Louis P Harvey.

Edward Salomon was the son of Dorothea and Christoph Salomon.

Edward Salomon attended the University of Berlin, but as a sympathizer with the contemporary German revolution, fled the country in 1849.

Edward Salomon immigrated to the United States and settled in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where he was a schoolteacher, a surveyor, and served as deputy circuit court clerk.

In 1860, to support Abraham Lincoln for the presidency, Edward Salomon changed his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican.

Edward Salomon ultimately won the election by a narrow margin.

In 1862, when Governor Louis P Harvey drowned, Salomon became Wisconsin's first German-born and first Jewish governor.

In 1862 Governor Edward Salomon responded to a request from the War Department for more troops by asking for volunteers and setting up a draft.

Edward Salomon had to call up federal troops to quell the Port Washington Draft Riot.

Edward Salomon died April 21,1909, in Germany at Frankfurt am Main.

Edward Salomon had three brothers, Charles Eberhard Salomon, Frederich Salomon, and Herman Salomon, all of whom were involved in the American Civil War.