On 18 May 1848, elected deputies of the Frankfurt National Assembly gathered in the Kaisersaal and walked solemnly to the Paulskirche to hold the first session of the new Parliament, under its chairman (by seniority) Friedrich Lang. Then, Heinrich Gagern of Wiesbaden was elected president of the parliament.
The total number of sitting deputies at any given time would vary considerably during the life of the National Assembly. Sittings were regular, yet many deputies failed to appear, protested various sittings, were replaced by proxies, or removed from the sittings. In total, there were 809 deputies between 18 May 1848 and the forcible closure of the Rump Parliament on 18 June 1849.
The following 379 deputies were recorded in attendance in the first sitting of the National Assembly on 18 May 1848:
Member name City or district represented State of origin Barth, Marquard Adolf Kaufbeuren Bavaria Bassermann, Friedrich Daniel Mannheim Baden Becker, Friedrich Gottlieb Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Becker, Christoph Daan (Schönecken ) (Rhineland) Prussia Beckerath, Hermann v. Crefeld (Westphalia) Prussia Behr, Wilhelm Josef Bamberg Bavaria Beinhauer, Wilhelm Waidhofen Austria Bernhardi, Karl Cassel (Eschwege ) Electoral Hesse Biedermann, Karl Dresden Saxony Blum, Robert Leipzig Saxony Blumenstetter, Josef Burladingen Hohenzollern-Hechingen Blumröder, August v. Sondershausen Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Blumröder, Gustav v. Kirchenlamitz Bavaria Böcler, Heinrich Schwerin Mecklenburg-Schwerin Bogen, Ludwig Michelstadt Grand Ducal Hesse Bonardy, Ludwig Greiz Reuss ältere Linie Bouvier, Cajetan Gonobitz (Styria ) Austria Bothmer, Karl v. Carow (Blumenau ) Hannover Bresgen, Franz Ahrweiler (Rhineland) Prussia Briegleb, Moritz Adolf Coburg Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Britlev (likely Brieglieb, Moritz Adolf, due to stenographer error) (unknown) Brons, Ysaak Emden Hannover Brunck, Josef Fürfeld Grand Ducal Hesse Bürgers, Ignaz Köln (Rhineland) Prussia Burkart, Friedrich Carl Bamberg Bavaria Buttel, Diedrich Christian Oldenburg Oldenburg Buzzi, Andreas v. Klagenfurt (Carinthia) Austria
Member name City or district represented State of origin Dahlmann, Friedrich Christoph Bonn (Rhineland) Prussia Dallwitz, Sigmund v. Lauban (Silesia) Prussia Dammers, Carl Otto Nienburg Hannover Deetz, Albert August Wilhelm Wittenberg (Province of Saxony) Prussia Degenkolb, Carl Eulenburg (Delitzsch ) Saxony Deiters, Peter Franz Ignz Bonn (Rhineland) Prussia Detmold, Johann Hermann Hannover Hannover Dewes, Peter Losheim (Merzig ) (Rhineland) Prussia Deymann, Matthias Meppen Hannover Dham, Carl Johann Ludwig Schmallenberg (Meschede ) (Westphalia) Prussia Ditsch (Dietzsch), Ferdinand Saarbrücken (Rhineland) Prussia Dietzsch, Carl Theodor Annaberg (Schwarzenberg ) Saxony Dobblhof-Diers, Joseph v. Baden Austria Döllinger, Ignaz Munich (Landau ) Bavaria Drinkwelder, Franz Krems Austria Dröge, Johann Albert Bremen Droysen, Johann Gustav Kiel (Oldenburg in Holstein ) Schleswig-Holstein Dunker (Duncker), Maximilian Halle (Province of Saxony) Prussia
Member name City or district represented State of origin Ebmeier, Carl Heinrich Paderborn (Westphalia) Prussia Eckert, Eduard Bromberg (Posen) Prussia Eckert, Nicolaus Joseph Lohr (Gemünden ) Bavaria Edlauer, Franz Liezen (Styria) Austria Egger, Franz Vienna Austria Eisenmann, Gottfried Würzburg Bavaria Englmayr, Georg Leonbach (Enns ) Austria Esmarch, Heinrich Carl Husum Schleswig-Holstein Evertsbusch, Friedrich Altenau Hannover Eymuth, Franz Murau (Styria) Austria
Member name City or district represented State of origin Falk, Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander Oberlangendorf (Militsch ) (Silesia) Prussia Fallmerayer, Jakob Phillip Munich Bavaria Fetzer, Carl August Friedrich Stuttgart Württemberg Flir, Alois Landeck (Tyrol) Austria Flottwell, Eduard v. Münster (Westphalia) Prussia Fischer, Gustav Jena Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Frank, Mortiz v. Graz (Styria) Austria Francke, Karl Flensburg Schleswig-Holstein Freudentheil, Gottlieb Wilhelm Frankfurt Friedrich, Leonhard Bamberg Bavaria Frisch, Christian Stuttgart Württemberg Fritsch, Johann Ried Austria Fuchs, Carl Breslau (Silesia) Prussia Förster, Johann Adam Gelnhausen (Hessen) Hesse-Kassel Fügerl, Karl Korneuburg Austria
Member name City or district represented State of origin Gagern, Maximilian v. Wiesbaden Nassau Gagern, Heinrich v. Darmstadt Grand Ducal Hesse Gans, Carl Theodor Edler Herr zu Putlitz Putlitz (Brandenburg) Prussia Gangkofner, Carl Josef Pottenstein Bavaria Gasser, Vincenz Brixen (Tyrol) Austria Gebhardt, Conrad Fürth Bavaria Gebhardt, Heinrich Hof Bavaria Geigel, Phillip Munich Bavaria Genzken, Friedrich Neu-Strelitz Mecklenburg-Strelitz Gervinus, Georg Gottfried Heidelberg Baden Gevekoht, Carl Theodor Bremen Giesebrecht, Ludwig Mirow in Pommern Prussia Glaß, Maximilian Landau Bavaria Glück, Christian Carl Munich Bavaria Gold, Carl Ritter v. Adelsberg (Carniola) Austria Goltz, Robert v. d. (mayor of Brieg) Brieg (Silesia) Prussia Goltz, Gustav Graf v. d. Czarnikau (Posen) Prussia Gombart, Ludwig Lucas Munich Bavaria Graf, Johann Baptist Eduard Munich Bavaria Grävell, Maximilian Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Muskau (Lusatia) Prussia Groß, Carl Leer Hannover Gritzner, Maximilian Josef Vienna Austria Grimmert, Carl Friedrich Mehringen Anhalt-Dessau Grindlinger (Gründlinger), Michael Wolfpassing Austria Groß, Carl Leer Hannover Grumbrecht, August Lüneburg Hannover Grundner, Georg v. Ingolstadt Bavaria Günther, Georg Leipzig Saxony Gulden, Gustav Adolf Zweibrücken (Rhineland) Prussia
Member name City or district represented State of origin Hagenmüller, Johann Baptiste Kempten Bavaria Hagenow, Gustav v. Langenfelde (Grimmen ) (Pomerania) Prussia Hahn, Johann Friedrich Ringleben Saxony Hartmann, Moritz Leitmeritz (Bohemia) Austria Haßler, Konrad Dietrich Ulm Württemberg Haßlwenter, Johann Innsbruck (Tyrol) Austria Haubenschmidt, Ferdinand Passau Bavaria Haupt, Eduard Wismar Mecklenburg-Schwerin Haym, Rudolf Halle , Province of Saxony Prussia Hayden, Eduard Ritter v. und z. Dorff Schlierstadt (Kirchdorf ) Austria Heckscher, Johann Gustav Wilhelm Moritz Hamburg Hehner, Carl Wiesbaden Nassau Heilsmann (unknown) Heisterbergk, Franz Rochlitz Saxony Henning, Eduard Thorn (West Prussia) Prussia Henkel, Heinrich Cassel Electoral Hesse Henßel (Hensel), Adolf Ernst Zittau Saxony Hentges, Louis Heilbronn Württemberg Hergenhahn, August Wiesbaden Nassau Hermann, Friedrich v. Munich Bavaria Hermann, Paul Weidlitz (Bautzen ) (Lusatia) Prussia Heubner, Otto Leonhard Frauenstein Saxony Hildebrandt, Bruno Marburg Electoral Hesse Hlubert (Hlubeck), Franz Xaver Graz (Styria) Austria Hönninger (Hönniger), Friedrich Carl Rudolstadt Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Hoffbauer, Wilhelm Nordhausen , Province of Saxony Prussia Hoffmann, Christoph Ludwigsburg Württemberg Hoffmann, Julius Eisfeld (Meiningen ) Saxe-Meiningen Hugo, Aemil Göttingen Hannover
Member name City or district represented State of origin Kagerbauer, Peter Linz Austria Kahlert, Anton Leobschütz (Silesia) Prussia Kaiser, Peter Mauern (Vaduz ) Liechtenstein Kaiser, Ignatz Retz Austria Kalchberg, Franz Ritter Kalchegger v. Graz (Styria) Austria Kauzer, Georg Lauchheim Württemberg Keim, Gottlieb Friedrich Ferdinand Bayreuth Bavaria Kerer, Johann Silz (Tyrol) Austria Kerst, Samuel Gottfried Birnbaum (Posen) Prussia Ketteler, Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr v. Hopsten (Lengerich ) (Westphalia) Prussia Kierulf , Johann Friedrich Martin Rostock Mecklenburg-Schwerin Knapitsch, Franz Edler v. Klagenfurt Austria Knarr, Josef Hartberg (Styria) Austria Knoodt, Franz Peter Bonn (Rhineland) Prussia Knuth (unknown) Bunzlau Prussia Koch, Carl Wilhelm Otto Leipzig Saxony Kolb, Georg Friedrich Speyer Bavaria Kohlparzer, Franz Xaver Neuhaus (Neufelden ) Austria Kompes, Gerhard Siegburg (Rhineland) Prussia Kosmann, Wilhelm Albert Stettin Prussia Kraft, Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Gustav Nürnberg Bavaria Kramer (unknown) Künsberg, Heinrich v. Ansbach Bavaria Kürsinger, Carl v. Damsweg (Werfen ) Austria Kürsinger, Ignatz v. Salzburg Austria
Member name City or district represented State of origin Lang, Friedrich Werden Hannover Lassaulx, Peter Ernst v. Munich Bavaria Lavergne-Peguilhen, Alexander v. Neidenburg (East Prussia) Prussia Lette, Wilhelm Adolf Berlin Prussia Leue, Friedrich Gottfried Cöln (Rhineland) Prussia Lieber, Eduard Züllichau , Brandenburg Prussia Liebmann, Richard Meiningen Saxe-Meiningen Lindenau, Bernhard v. Pohlhof (Altenburg ) Saxe-Altenburg Loew, Friedrich Magdeburg , Province of Saxony Prussia Lowe (Loewe), Wilhelm Calbe Anhalt
Member name City or district represented State of origin Maier of Ottobauer (unknown) Mally, Georg Marburg , Styria Austria Maltzahn, Gustav Robert v. Küstrin , Brandenburg Prussia Mammen, Franz August Plauen Saxony Marcks, Eduard Duisburg (Westphalia) Prussia Mareck, Titus Graz , Styria Austria Martens, Heinrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Danzig , West Prussia Prussia Martiny, Friedrich Friedland (Schlochau ), West Prussia Prussia Massow, Hermann v. Carlsberg (Glatz ), Silesia Prussia Mathis (Matthies), Konrad Wolgast , Pomerania Prussia Mathy, Karl Karlsruhe (Calw ) Württemberg Matzke (Metzke), Hermann Sagan , Silesia Prussia Mayer, Thomas Memmingen Bavaria Mayer, Franz Ferdinand v. Vienna Austria Melchers, Paulus Münster (Westphalia) Prussia Megerle, Eugen Edler v. Mühlfeld Vienna Austria Melly, Eduard Horn Austria Merck, Ernst Hamburg Mevissen, Gustav Dulden (Hilchenbach ), Rhineland Prussia Meyer, Georg Theodor Lüneburg Brunswick Meyer, Johann Carl Christian Liegnitz , Silesia Prussia Michelsen, Andreas Ludwig Jacob Jena Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Mittermaier, Carl Joseph Anton Heidelberg Baden Möllingen (Mölling), Georg Friedrich Jever Oldenburg Möring, Karl Vienna Austria Mohl, Robert v. Heidelberg Baden Mohl, Moritz Stuttgart Württemberg Muck, Johann v. Schwadorf Austria Müller, Johann Georg Münster (Westphalia) Prussia Münch, Johannes Wetzlar (Westphalia) Prussia Murschel, Wilhelm Heinrich Stuttgart Württemberg Mylius, Eberhard v. Kleve (Rhineland) Prussia
Member name City or district represented State of origin Nagel zu Aichberg, Anton v. Oberwiechdach (Neunburg ) (Palatinate) Bavaria Nägele, Ferdinand Murhardt (Backnang ) Württemberg Nauwerk, Carl Berlin Prussia Nerreter, Ernst Louis Otto Fraustadt (Posen) Prussia Nicol, Carl Hannover (Hameln ) Hannover
Member name City or district represented State of origin Pagenstecher, Heinrich Carl Alexander Elberfeld Prussia Panner (Pammer), Sebastian Schalgen (Schalchen ) Austria Pattai, Guido Gleinstätten Austria Paur, Theodor Grottkau (Silesia) Prussia Paur, Adolf Xaver Augsburg Bavaria Peitler, Franz Taxenbach (Zell am See ) Austria Pfahler, Georg Tettnang Württemberg Pfeiffer, August Emanuel Adamsdorf (Soldin ) Prussia Pfitzer, Paul Stuttgart Württemberg Philipps, Georg Munich Bavaria Piexinger, P. Beda (unknown) Efferdingen (unknown, likely Eferding , Upper Austria) Austria Pinchert, Friedrich Zeitz Prussia Plaß, Christian Heinrich Stade Hannover Plathner, Otto Halberstadt Prussia Pözel, Josef Munich Bavaria Pogge, Johann of Roggow (Pomerania) Prussia
Member name City or district represented State of origin Quante, Andreas Bernhard Würzburg Bavaria
Member name City or district represented State of origin Ranzony (Ranzoni), Johann Melk Austria Rappard, Conrad v. Angermünde , Brandenburg Prussia Raumer, Hans v. Dinkelsbühl Bavaria Raveaux, Franz Cöln (Rhineland) Prussia Reden, Friedrich Wilhelm v. Berlin , Brandenburg Prussia Reichard, Josef Martin Speyer (Palatinate) Bavaria Reichensperger, August Trier (Rhineland) Prussia Reisinger, Josef Freistadt , Bohemia Austria Reindl, Franz Ort Austria Reinwald (Rheinwald), Carl Friedrich v. Bern (Spaichingen ) Württemberg Reinhard, Ludwig Boizenburg Mecklenburg-Schwerin Reinstein, August Naumburg , Province of Saxony Prussia Reitmayr, August Regensburg (Weiden ) Bavaria Rettig (unknown) Potsdam , Brandenburg Prussia Riehl, Anton Zwettl Austria Riesser, Gabriel Hamburg (Lauenburg ) Schleswig-Holstein Roben (Röben), Johann Gerhardt Dornum (Esens ) Hannover Rödinger, Friedrich Stuttgart (Öhringen ) Württemberg Römer, Friedrich Stuttgart (Göppingen ) Württemberg Römer, Friedrich v. Göppingen Württemberg Rönne, Friedrich v. Berlin (Mühlhausen ) (Province of Saxony) Prussia Roß, Edgar Daniel Hamburg Ruhwandl, Max Josef Munich (Moosburg ) Bavaria Rüder, Maximilian Heinrich Birkenfeld (Rhineland) Oldenburg Rühl, August Hanau Electoral Hesse Rümelin, Gustav Mürdingen Württemberg
Member name City or district represented State of origin Sänger, Carl v. Grabow (Wirsitz ) (Posen) Prussia Schaffrath, Wilhelm Neustadt (Stolpen ) Saxony Schauß, Anton v. Munich (Traunstein ) Bavaria Scheller, Friedrich Ernst Frankfurt a. d. Oder (Brandenburg) Prussia Schenk, Carl Dillenburg (Rennerod ) Nassau Schepp, Friedrich Wilhelm Wiesbaden Nassau Scheuchenstuel, Carl v. Leoben (Styria) Austria Schiedermayer, Wilhelm Vöcklabruck Austria Schierenberg, Heinrich Detmold (Lage ) Lippe-Detmold Schilling, Ernst Vienna Austria Schleussing, Franz v. Lötzen (East Prussia) Prussia Schlotheim, Jérôme v. Frankfurt a. d. Oder (Wollstein ) (Posen) Prussia Schlüter, Arnold Paderborn (Westphalia) Prussia Schmerling, Anton v. Vienna Austria Schmidt, Aloys Brixen (Tyrol) Austria Schmidt, Ernst (Franz) Salzbrunn (Löwenberg ) (Silesia) Prussia Schmidt, Joseph Linz Austria Schmidt, Julius Theodor Wurzen (Grimma ) Saxony Schmitt, Nicolaus Kaiserslautern (Palatinate) Bavaria Schneider, Johann Friedrich Lichtenfels (Kulmbach ) Bavaria Schoder, Adolph Gottlieb Ferdinand Stuttgart (Besigheim ) Württemberg Scholten, Heinrich Cornelius Ward (Kleve ) (Rhineland) Prussia Scholz, Franz Neisse (Silesia) Prussia Schott, Albert Stuttgart (Böblingen ) Württemberg Schreiber, Carl Ludwig Bielefeld (Westphalia) Prussia Schreiner, Gustav Graz (Weiz ) (Styria) Austria Schrenk v. Notzing, Karl Munich (Cham ) Bavaria Schubert, Friedrich Wilhelm Ortelsburg (East Prussia) Prussia Schubert, Heinrich Würzburg Bavaria Schüler, Christian Jena Saxe-Weimar Schüler, Friedrich Zweibrücken (Lauterecken ) (Palatinate) Bavaria Schüler, Johannes Innsbruck (Tyrol) Austria Schultze, Wilhelm Potsdam (Ruppin ) (Brandenburg) Prussia Schultze, Heinrich Lübbau (Landeshut ) (Silesia) Prussia Schulz-Bodmer, Friedrich Wilhelm Darmstadt Hesse-Darmstadt Schulz, Friedrich Gottlieb Weilburg Duchy of Nassau Schuselka, Franz Klosterneuburg Austria Schwarz, Carl Heinrich Wilhelm Halle (Torgau ) (Province of Saxony) Prussia Schwarzenberg, Ludwig Kassel Electoral Hesse Schwarzenberg, Philipp Melsungen Electoral Hesse Schwetschke, Carl Gustav Halle (Sangerhausen ) (Province of Saxony) Prussia Selchow, Werner v. Lauenburg Schleswig-Holstein Sellmer, Carl Landsberg a.d. Warthe (Brandenburg) Prussia Senf, Emil Alexander Wilhelm Inowrazlaw (Posen) Prussia Sepp, Johann Nepomuk Doelz (Rosenheim ) Bavaria Simon, August Heinrich Magdeburg (Province of Saxony) Prussia Simon, Ludwig Gerhard Gustav Trier (Rhineland) Prussia Simson, Eduard Königsberg (East Prussia) Prussia Soiron, Alexander v. Mannheim Baden Sonnenkalb, Carl Victor Römschütz Saxony-Altenburg Spatz, Carl Alexander Frankenthal (Palatinate) Bavaria Sprengel, Albert Waren Mecklenburg-Schwerin Sprißler, Josef Empfingen , Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Prussia Stahl, Friedrich Wilhelm Erlangen Bavaria Stedmann, Carl Besselich (Kreuznach Grand Ducal Hesse Stenzel, Gustav Adolf Harald Breslau (Silesia) Prussia Stieger, Johann Klagenfurt (Carinthia) Austria Stolle, Friedrich Holzminden Brunswick-Lüneburg Stremayr, Karl v. Kindberg (Graz ) (Styria) Austria Sturm, Bruno Adolf Sorau (Lusatia) Prussia
Member name City or district represented State of origin Tafel, Gottlob Stuttgart (Welzheim ) Württemberg Tafel, Franz Zweibrücken (Palatinate) Bavaria Tappehorn, Franz Oldenburg Oldenburg Teichert, Gottlob Berlin Prussia Thinnes, Friedrich Eichstätt Bavaria Treskow, Julius v. Grocholin (Schubin ) (Posen) Prussia Trütschler (Trützschler), Wilhelm Adolph v. Dresden (Oelsnitz ) Saxony
Member name City or district represented State of origin Wagner, Camillo Steyr Austria Waitz, Georg Göttingen Hannover Waldmann, Heinrich Heiligenstadt (Province of Saxony) Prussia Walter, Robert Neustadt (Silesia) Prussia Wartensleben-Schwirsen, Alexander v. Greiffenberg (Pomerania) Prussia Weeber (Weber), Josef Neuburg (Donauwörth ) Bavaria Wedekind, Eduard Bruchhausen Hannover Wedemeyer, Ludwig Georg v. Schönrade (Friedeberg in der Neumark ) (Brandenburg) Prussia Weiß, Josef Salzburg (Grein ) Austria Weissenborn, Wilhelm Eisenach Saxe-Weimar Welcker, Carl Theodor Frankfurt Wernher, Phillip Wilhelm Nierstein (Alsfeld ) (Rhineland) Prussia Werthmüller, Valentin Josef Fulda Electoral Hesse Wesendonck, Hugo Düsseldorf (Westphalia) Prussia Wichmann, Wilhelm Stendal (Province Saxony) Prussia Wiebker, August Ueckermünde (Pomerania) Prussia Wiedenmann (Widenmann), Christian Düsseldorf (Westphalia) Prussia Wiederhold, Ludwig Heinrich Lübeck Wiest, Wilhelm Tübingen (Bad Saulgau ) Württemberg Wiesner, Adolf Feldsberg Austria Wigard, Franz Jacob Dresden Saxony Wippermann, Karl Wilhelm Cassel Electoral Hesse Würth, Josef Edler v. Wiener Neustadt Austria Wulffen, Friedrich v. Passau Bavaria Wurm, Christian Friedrich Hamburg Wydenbrugk, Oskar v. Weimar Saxe-Weimar
Member name City or district represented State of origin Zachariä, Friedrich Wilhelm Conrad Bernburg Anhalt-Bernburg Zachariä, Heinrich Albert Göttingen Hannover Zell, Friedrich Josef Trier (Bernkastel-Kues ) (Rhineland) Prussia Zenetti, Johann Baptiste v. Landshut Bavaria Zerzog, Adolf v. Regensburg Bavaria Ziegert, August Preuß. Minden (Westphalia) Prussia Zimmermann, Wilhelm Stuttgart (Schwäbisch Hall ) Württemberg Zimmermann, Eduard Spandau (Brandenburg) Prussia Zitz, Franz Heinrich Mainz (Rhineland) Prussia Zöllner, Wilhelm August Chemnitz Saxony zum Sande, Johannes Lingen (Rhineland) Prussia
Stenographischer Bericht über die Verhandlungen der deutschen constituirenden NationalVersammlung zu Frankfurt a. M.; I. Abonnement, Nr. 1, Sonnabend, 2. Mai 1848. NOTE: The list in this document contains various errors which have been reproduced in the table above. Corrections to surnames or placenames are listed in parentheses next to the 2 May 1848 information.
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