Gustav Koerner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gustav Koerner

German American politician, lawyer, judge, and diplomat

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1809

Place of Birth: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 09-Apr-1896

Profession: judge, writer, lawyer, politician, diplomat, author, journalist, revolutionary

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Gustav Philipp Koerner, also spelled Gustave or Gustavus Koerner (20 November 1809 – 9 April 1896) was a revolutionary, journalist, lawyer, politician, judge, and statesman in Illinois and Germany and a Colonel of the U.S.
Army who was a confessed enemy of slavery.
He married on 17 June 1836 in Belleville Sophia Dorothea Engelmann (16 November 1815 – 1 March 1888), they had 9 children.
He belonged to the co-founders and was one of the first members of the Grand Old Party; and he was a close confidant of Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd and had an essential role in his nomination and election for president in 1860.