John Mattes (politician)
John Mattes Jr. | |
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29th President pro tempore of the Nebraska Senate | |
In office January 1917 – January 1919 | |
Preceded by | Phillip H. Kohl |
Succeeded by | Berton Kenyon Bushee |
Personal details | |
Born | 1856 Nendingen, Württemberg, Germany |
Died | Unknown |
Residence(s) | Nebraska City, Nebraska, U.S. |
Occupation | Brewer |
John Mattes (born 1856) was a member of the Nebraska Legislature and brewer in Nebraska City, Nebraska, in the United States.
Mattes was born in Nendingen, Kingdom of Württemberg> He emigrated with his family from Burlington (1864) and Brookfield (1866) to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1876. There, his uncles Paul and John founded the "Mattes Brewery" where he became a partner in 1886.[1]
Living in Nebraska City he was mayor, member of the House of Representatives and Senate of Nebraska for Otoe County. He fought strictly against female suffrage.[2][3] Under President Cleveland, he was an agent of the Department of Agriculture.[1]
In 1906, he renamed the brewery "Otoe Brewing Co." With Nebraska State prohibition, the brewery was closed in 1917.[4]
From 1917 to 1918, he was President pro tem of the senate.[5]
Family
[edit]Paul Mattes had seven children: Frank P., Mary, Pauline, Rosa, Hoyt, Francis and Lotte. Frank was general agent of the Moerlein Brewery, Cincinnati, Ohio. John Mattes married Katie Schaefer in Des Moines. They had a daughter, Nora Angeline (1883).[1]
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