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| name = Emil Ganz |
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| image = Emil Ganz.jpg |
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| caption = Ganz in 1915 |
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| birth_date = August 18, 1838 |
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|office = [[List of mayors of Phoenix|5th]] and 19th Mayor of [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] |
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|term_start = 1885 |
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|term_end = 1886 |
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|preceded = George F. Coats |
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|succeeded = [[DeForest Porter]] |
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|term_start2 = 1899 |
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|term_end2 = 1901 |
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|preceded2 = Czar James Dyer |
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|succeeded2 = Walter Talbot |
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| birth_place = [[Walldorf, Thuringia]] |
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1922|08|06|1838|08|18}} |
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| death_place = [[San Diego, California]], US |
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| nationality = [[Sachsen-Meiningen]], American |
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| occupation = businessman and mayor of Phoenix, Arizona |
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==Early life== |
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A German Jew who fought in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] during the [[American Civil War]], on the Confederate side. He was an [[atheist]], and brought his children up as atheists. |
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Ganz was born on August 18, 1838, in the German town of [[Walldorf, Thuringia|Walldorf]], [[Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen]], to [[Ashkenazi Jewish|Jewish]] parents Meyer and Hannah Ganz.<ref name="Yost">{{cite news|url=http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/010323/right.shtml|title=Right place, right time|last=Yost|first=Barbara|date=March 23, 2001|work=Jewish News of Greater Phoenix|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610033650/http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/010323/right.shtml|archive-date=June 10, 2012 }}</ref>{{sfn|McClintock|1916|p=214}} He was educated in his home country before being apprenticed to a [[tailor]] at age 14.{{sfn|Conners|1913|p=233}} Ganz immigrated to the United States in 1858, working as a [[journeyman]] tailor in New York City and [[Philadelphia]] before settling in [[Cedartown, Georgia]].{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}} |
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At the beginning of the [[American Civil War]], Ganz enlisted in the [[Confederate States Army]]. As a soldier, he saw action at the battles of [[Battle of Antietam|Antietam]], [[Battle of Fredericksburg|Fredericksburg]], [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]], and well as being assigned to the defense of [[Richmond, Virginia]].{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}} Toward the end of the war, he was captured and spent seven months as a [[prisoner of war]] at [[Elmira Prison]].<ref name="Yost"/> |
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==Career== |
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Becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1866, Ganz moved to [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. He joined other cousins who operated a clothing and dry goods company and made alterations to ready made clothing.<ref name="Yost"/> In 1872, Ganz moved to [[Las Animas, Colorado]], where he continued to work as a tailor.{{sfn|Conners|1913|p=235}} There he married a Catholic woman named Elizabeth.<ref name="Yost"/> Two years later he relocated to [[Prescott, Arizona|Prescott, Arizona Territory]] and become manager of a hotel.{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}} In May 1876, he was granted a divorce from his wife.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014898/1876-05-19/ed-1/seq-2/#words=Emil+Ganz&proxtext=emil+ganz|title=District Court|date=May 19, 1876|work=[[Arizona Weekly Miner]]|page=2|location=Prescott, Arizona Territory}}</ref> Ganz moved to [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] in 1879 and became proprietor for the Bank Exchange hotel.{{sfn|Garcia|2008|p=56}} The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1885, after which Ganz went into the wholesale liquor business.{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}} Ganz married Bertha Angleman of Kansas City, Missouri in 1883.{{sfn|McClintock|1916|p=217}} The union produced four children: Sylvan C., Julian, Aileen, and Helen.{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=225}} |
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Politically, Ganz was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] party.{{sfn|Conners|1913|p=235}} He was elected Mayor of Phoenix in 1885.{{sfn|Garcia|2008|p=56}} As mayor, he lobbied for creation of a city fire department. He was initially unsuccessful but a fire in August 1886 convinced the voters to pass a bond issue to improve water supply and purchase fire fighting equipment.{{sfn|Garcia|2008|p=57}} |
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In 1894, Ganz sold his liquor business.{{fact|date=January 2024}} The next year he purchased an interest in the National Bank of Arizona and was elected the bank president.{{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}} He returned to politics in 1896 and was unanimously elected to represent the second ward on the city council.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1896-06-03/ed-1/seq-1/#words=Emil+Ganz&proxtext=emil+ganz|title=It's Monihan|date=June 3, 1896|work=Arizona Republican|page=1|location=Phoenix, Arizona Territory}}</ref> In 1899, Ganz was elected to his first of two consecutive terms as city mayor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1899-05-03/ed-1/seq-4/#words=Emil+Ganz+Mayor&proxtext=emil+ganz+mayor|title=A Democratic Tinge|date=May 3, 1899|work=Arizona Republican|page=4|location=Phoenix, Arizona Territory}}</ref><!-- Third term is determined by process of deduction. {{sfn|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901|p=222}} lists him as being in his third term as mayor. This is only possible if he won reelection in 1900.--> He was the Democratic nominee for mayor in 1903 but failed to win reelection.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024827/1903-04-28/ed-1/seq-8/#words=Emil+Ganz+mayor&proxtext=emil+ganz+mayor|title=Smaller News Items|date=April 28, 1903|work=Bisbee Daily Review|page=8|location=Bisbee, Arizona Territory}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1903-05-06/ed-1/seq-1/#words=GANZ&protext=ganz|title=Phoenix City is Redeemed|date=May 6, 1903|work=Arizona Republican|page=1|location=Phoenix, Arizona Territory}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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Ganz's wife, Bertha, died on March 20, 1905.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1905-03-21/ed-1/seq-3/#words=Bertha+Ganz&proxtext=bertha+ganz|title=Suffering Ends in Death|date=March 21, 1905|work=Arizona Republican|page=3|location=Phoenix, Arizona}}</ref> Ganz married Elsie Bryson on September 12, 1907.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042462/1907-09-15/ed-1/seq-10/#words=Elsie+Emil+Ganz&proxtext=elsie+emil+ganz|title=Ganz-Bryson|date=September 15, 1907|work=Los Angeles Herald|pages=2 Part II}}</ref> He stepped down as president of the National Bank of Arizona in January 1920 and became Chairman of the bank's board.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1920-01-14/ed-1/seq-4/#words=Emil+Ganz&ortext=emil+ganz|title=Charles F. Solomon is New President of Nat. Bank of Arizona|date=January 14, 1920|work=Arizona Republican|page=4|location=Phoenix, Arizona}}</ref> Ganz died in a [[San Diego, California]], hospital on August 6, 1922.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062055/1922-08-11/ed-1/seq-3/#words=GANZ+Ganz&proxtext=ganz|title=Emil Ganz, Arizona Pioneer, Dies in San Diego, Calif|date=August 11, 1922|work=The Coconino Sun|page=3|location=Flagstaff, Arizona}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024827/1922-08-08/ed-1/seq-6/#words=Emil+Ganz&proxtext=emil+ganz|title=Emil Ganz, Pioneer Arizona Resident, Dies in Dan Diego|date=August 8, 1922|work=Bisbee Daily Review|page=6}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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* {{cite book|title=Portrait and biographical record of Arizona|publisher=Chapman Publishing Co.|location=Chicago|year= 1901|url=https://archive.org/details/portraitandbiogr00chap|page=[https://archive.org/details/portraitandbiogr00chap/page/222 222]|oclc= 247520194 |ref={{harvid|Chapman Publishing Co.|1901}}}} |
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* {{cite book |editor1-last=Conners |editor1-first=Jo |title=Who's who in Arizona |volume=I |work=Arizona Daily Star|location=Tucson |year=1913 | oclc = 8862523 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LxFQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA233}} |
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* {{cite book |last=Garcia |first=Kathleen |title=Early Phoenix |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2008 |pages=56–57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F25aMroD_IUC&pg=PA56 |isbn=978-0-7385-4839-5 }} |
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* {{Cite book | last = McClintock | first = James H. |author-link=James H. McClintock | title = Arizona, prehistoric, aboriginal, pioneer, modern |volume=III| publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. | year = 1916 | location = Chicago | oclc = 5398889 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nBQ1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA214}} |
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* Barbara Yost, "[http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/010323/right.shtml Right place, right time]". ''The Jewish News of Greater Phoenix'', 23 March 2001. |
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Revision as of 21:54, 16 February 2024
Emil Ganz | |
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5th and 19th Mayor of Phoenix | |
In office 1885–1886 | |
Preceded by | George F. Coats |
Succeeded by | DeForest Porter |
In office 1899–1901 | |
Preceded by | Czar James Dyer |
Succeeded by | Walter Talbot |
Personal details | |
Born | August 18, 1838 Walldorf, Thuringia |
Died | August 6, 1922 San Diego, California, US | (aged 83)
Nationality | Sachsen-Meiningen, American |
Occupation | businessman and mayor of Phoenix, Arizona |
Emil Ganz (August 18, 1838 – August 6, 1922) was a German-born American businessman and two-time mayor of Phoenix, Arizona.
Early life
Ganz was born on August 18, 1838, in the German town of Walldorf, Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, to Jewish parents Meyer and Hannah Ganz.[1][2] He was educated in his home country before being apprenticed to a tailor at age 14.[3] Ganz immigrated to the United States in 1858, working as a journeyman tailor in New York City and Philadelphia before settling in Cedartown, Georgia.[4]
At the beginning of the American Civil War, Ganz enlisted in the Confederate States Army. As a soldier, he saw action at the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and well as being assigned to the defense of Richmond, Virginia.[4] Toward the end of the war, he was captured and spent seven months as a prisoner of war at Elmira Prison.[1]
Career
Becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1866, Ganz moved to Kansas City, Missouri. He joined other cousins who operated a clothing and dry goods company and made alterations to ready made clothing.[1] In 1872, Ganz moved to Las Animas, Colorado, where he continued to work as a tailor.[5] There he married a Catholic woman named Elizabeth.[1] Two years later he relocated to Prescott, Arizona Territory and become manager of a hotel.[4] In May 1876, he was granted a divorce from his wife.[6] Ganz moved to Phoenix in 1879 and became proprietor for the Bank Exchange hotel.[7] The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1885, after which Ganz went into the wholesale liquor business.[4] Ganz married Bertha Angleman of Kansas City, Missouri in 1883.[8] The union produced four children: Sylvan C., Julian, Aileen, and Helen.[9]
Politically, Ganz was a member of the Democratic party.[5] He was elected Mayor of Phoenix in 1885.[7] As mayor, he lobbied for creation of a city fire department. He was initially unsuccessful but a fire in August 1886 convinced the voters to pass a bond issue to improve water supply and purchase fire fighting equipment.[10]
In 1894, Ganz sold his liquor business.[citation needed] The next year he purchased an interest in the National Bank of Arizona and was elected the bank president.[4] He returned to politics in 1896 and was unanimously elected to represent the second ward on the city council.[11] In 1899, Ganz was elected to his first of two consecutive terms as city mayor.[12] He was the Democratic nominee for mayor in 1903 but failed to win reelection.[13][14]
Personal life
Ganz's wife, Bertha, died on March 20, 1905.[15] Ganz married Elsie Bryson on September 12, 1907.[16] He stepped down as president of the National Bank of Arizona in January 1920 and became Chairman of the bank's board.[17] Ganz died in a San Diego, California, hospital on August 6, 1922.[18][19]
In 2001, Mark Pry wrote a biography of Ganz, Immigrant Banker: The Life of Emil Ganz. The book was commissioned by granddaughter Joan Ganz Cooney, a television producer who co-created the PBS children's series Sesame Street.
References
- ^ a b c d Yost, Barbara (March 23, 2001). "Right place, right time". Jewish News of Greater Phoenix. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012.
- ^ McClintock 1916, p. 214.
- ^ Conners 1913, p. 233.
- ^ a b c d e Chapman Publishing Co. 1901, p. 222.
- ^ a b Conners 1913, p. 235.
- ^ "District Court". Arizona Weekly Miner. Prescott, Arizona Territory. May 19, 1876. p. 2.
- ^ a b Garcia 2008, p. 56.
- ^ McClintock 1916, p. 217.
- ^ Chapman Publishing Co. 1901, p. 225.
- ^ Garcia 2008, p. 57.
- ^ "It's Monihan". Arizona Republican. Phoenix, Arizona Territory. June 3, 1896. p. 1.
- ^ "A Democratic Tinge". Arizona Republican. Phoenix, Arizona Territory. May 3, 1899. p. 4.
- ^ "Smaller News Items". Bisbee Daily Review. Bisbee, Arizona Territory. April 28, 1903. p. 8.
- ^ "Phoenix City is Redeemed". Arizona Republican. Phoenix, Arizona Territory. May 6, 1903. p. 1.
- ^ "Suffering Ends in Death". Arizona Republican. Phoenix, Arizona. March 21, 1905. p. 3.
- ^ "Ganz-Bryson". Los Angeles Herald. September 15, 1907. pp. 2 Part II.
- ^ "Charles F. Solomon is New President of Nat. Bank of Arizona". Arizona Republican. Phoenix, Arizona. January 14, 1920. p. 4.
- ^ "Emil Ganz, Arizona Pioneer, Dies in San Diego, Calif". The Coconino Sun. Flagstaff, Arizona. August 11, 1922. p. 3.
- ^ "Emil Ganz, Pioneer Arizona Resident, Dies in Dan Diego". Bisbee Daily Review. August 8, 1922. p. 6.
- Portrait and biographical record of Arizona. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Co. 1901. p. 222. OCLC 247520194.
- Conners, Jo, ed. (1913). Who's who in Arizona. Vol. I. Tucson. OCLC 8862523.
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ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Garcia, Kathleen (2008). Early Phoenix. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 56–57. ISBN 978-0-7385-4839-5.
- McClintock, James H. (1916). Arizona, prehistoric, aboriginal, pioneer, modern. Vol. III. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. OCLC 5398889.
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- 1838 births
- 1922 deaths
- American people of German-Jewish descent
- Confederate States Army soldiers
- People from Arizona Territory
- Immigrants to the United States
- Foreign Confederate military personnel
- Jewish Confederates
- Mayors of Phoenix, Arizona
- People from Cedartown, Georgia
- People from Las Animas, Colorado
- People from Saxe-Meiningen