Adolph Biermann: Difference between revisions

Born in [[Christiana, Norway]], Biermann emigrated to the United States in 1862.<ref name="Obit">{{cite news|title=Biermann død |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93634055/adolph-biermann-1842-1914/ |newspaper=Minneapolis Tidende |date=January 8, 1914 |location=Minneapolis, MN |page=1 |via = [[Newspapers.com]] |accessdate=January 28, 2022}} {{Open access}}</ref> He first settled in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] and served in the [[24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment]], during the [[American Civil War]], until 1865.<ref name="Obit"/> He was involved in the [[Battle of Perryville]] and [[Battle of Stones River]].<ref name="Obit"/> In 1866, he moved to [[Rochester, Minnesota]], worked as a bookkeeper and settled on a farm. In 1874, Biermann was elected Auditor of [[Olmsted County, Minnesota]]. Biermann ran for [[Governor of Minnesota]] in [[Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1883|1883]], receiving about 43% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=62055|title=Our Campaigns - MN Governor Race - Nov 06, 1883|accessdate=May 5, 2016}}</ref> He also ran for [[Minnesota Secretary of State]], and the [[United States House of Representatives]] as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] losing the elections. In 1885, President [[Grover Cleveland]] appointed Biermann the United States Collector of Internal Revenue for Minnesota. From 1891 to 1895, Biermann served as [[Minnesota State Auditor]].
In 1907 he sold his Rochester home and farm to Charlie Mayo. The Bierman farm became the center of the Mayowood Estate.
He died in Rochester, Minnesota, of a stroke.<ref name="Obit"/><ref>Former State Auditor Dies-Adolph Biermann Passes Away at Rochester, Minn., Home, ''Duluth Herald'' (Minnesota), January 7, 1914, p. 10.</ref><ref>[http://vesterheim.org/collections/civil-war-database/b/bie/000994.html Vesterheim-Adolph Biermann]</ref>