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Friedrich von Payer

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Friedrich von Payer
Vice-Chancellor of the German Empire
In office
9 November 1917 – 10 November 1918
ChancellorGeorg von Hertling, Maximilian of Baden, Friedrich Ebert
Preceded byKarl Helfferich
Succeeded byEugen Schiffer
Member of the Reichstag for Tübingen-Reutlingen
In office
1877–1878
Member of the Reichstag for Tübingen-Reutlingen
In office
1880–1887
Member of the Reichstag for Tübingen-Reutlingen
In office
1890–1918
Personal details
Born(1847-06-12)12 June 1847
Died14 July 1931(1931-07-14) (aged 84)
Political partyDVP (1907-1909), FVP (1909-1918), DDP (1918-1931)
Freiderich von Payer (centre) with Max von Baden (left)

Friedrich Ludwig von Payer (12 June 1847 – 14 July 1931) was a German lawyer, liberal politician and the vice-chancellor of German Empire during the last year of World War I.

Life

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He was born in Tübingen and was educated at the seminary at Blaubeuren, returning to his home town to study law in 1865. Having completed his university education, he worked as a lawyer in Stuttgart and was first elected to the Reichstag in 1877. He reached the height of his political career during the First World War during which he advocated a negotiated peace with the allied powers and was appointed vice-chancellor. After the war, he was chairman of the German Democratic Party and remained a member of the new Weimar Reichstag until 6 June 1920. Payer married Alwine Schöninger.

References

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  • Günther Bradler, Politische Unterhaltungen Friedrich Payers mit Theodor Heuss. Ein Fund aus dem Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart, in: Zeitschrift für Württembergische Landesgeschichte (ZWLG), Jahrgang 1973, Seiten 161-192.
  • Günther Bradler, Friedrich Payer. Autobiographische Aufzeichnungen und Dokumente, Göppingen 1974.
  • Reinhold A. Helmut Franz, Das Problem der konstitutionellen Parlamentarisierung bei Conrad Haußmann und Friedrich von Payer, Göppingen 1977.
  • Friedrich Payer zum Gedenken, Reutlingen 1997.
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Preceded by Vice Chancellor of Germany
1917–1918
Succeeded by
Eugen Schiffer on 13 February 1919