14 Facts About Emil Ganz

Emil Ganz was educated in his home country before being apprenticed to a tailor at age 14.

Emil Ganz immigrated to the United States in 1858, working as a journeyman tailor in New York City and Philadelphia before settling in Cedartown, Georgia.

At the beginning of the American Civil War, Emil Ganz enlisted in the Confederate States Army.

Emil Ganz joined other cousins who operated a clothing and dry goods company and made alterations to ready made clothing.

In 1872, Emil Ganz moved to Las Animas, Colorado, where he continued to work as a tailor.

Emil Ganz moved to Phoenix in 1879 and became proprietor for the Bank Exchange hotel.

The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1885, after which Emil Ganz went into the wholesale liquor business.

Emil Ganz married Bertha Angleman of Kansas City, Missouri in 1883.

Emil Ganz was initially unsuccessful but a fire in August 1886 convinced the voters to pass a bond issue to improve water supply and purchase fire fighting equipment.

Emil Ganz returned to politics in 1896 and was unanimously elected to represent the second ward on the city council.

In 1899, Emil Ganz was elected to his first of two consecutive terms as city mayor.

Emil Ganz was the Democratic nominee for mayor in 1903 but failed to win reelection.

Emil Ganz stepped down as president of the National Bank of Arizona in January 1920 and became Chairman of the bank's board.

Emil Ganz died in a San Diego, California, hospital on August 6,1922.