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Representative John J. Christoph View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 8/30/1883
Birth Place: Bavaria, Germany
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
House: 10 (1864)
13 (1870) - 14 (1872)
Home County: Dubuque
John J. Christoph
Dubuque County
Born May 2, 1832, in Bavaria. In 1844, he came to America, and in 1846, came to Dubuque County. Mr. Christoph has always been engaged in farming, and was also engaged about five years in the brewery business in New Vienna. He has held all the township offices, was elected County Superintendent in the fall of 1860. He was also a member of the State Legislature, having served four terms, 1864, 1870, 1872, and 1873. Mr. Christoph married Anna Maria Schwerzler in 1855. She was born in Austria in 1835. They have five children. He is a Democrat and a member of the Catholic Church.
Sources:
House District 49
Committees
13th GA (1870)
Legislation Sponsored
13th GA (1870)