Simon Kander

Simon Kander
Simon Kander
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; from the Milwaukee 8th district
	In office; January 1, 1907 – January 1, 1909
Preceded by	Oscar F. Thieme
Succeeded by	Fred R. Zimmerman
Personal details
Born	Simon Kander; December 21, 1848; Baltimore, Maryland
Died	March 13, 1931 (aged 82); Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Resting place	Greenwood Cemetery ; Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Black; (m. 1881; died 1940);
Children	none

Simon Kander (December 21, 1848 – March 13, 1931) was an American businessman and politician. He served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Kander went to Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and then moved to Titusville, Pennsylvania. In 1868, Kander moved with his parents to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Kander was in the real estate business and was also a traveling salesman for a clothing firm. His wife was Lizzie Black Kander who was a progressive reformer. Kander served on the Milwaukee School Board. In 1907, Kander served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Republican. Kander died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after a long illness.[1][2]

He and his wife are distant relatives of former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander.[3]

Notes

Beck, J. D., ed. (1907). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. pp. 1161–1162.
"Simon Kander Burial Today-Former Legislator Was Long Active Here in Public Life". The Milwaukee Journal. March 15, 1931. p. 3.
Kander, Jason (December 16, 2017). "Ever seen this famous old cookbook?". Twitter.

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gollark: It's a shame, really.

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gollark: > I would agree that knowledge passed down from generations is good, but with one major condition. [...]Science doesn't "prove" things and social things are VERY HARD to test.

gollark: You literally said that people have less long term memory now earlier.

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[1] Beck, J. D., ed. (1907). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. pp. 1161–1162.

[2] "Simon Kander Burial Today-Former Legislator Was Long Active Here in Public Life". The Milwaukee Journal. March 15, 1931. p. 3.

[3] Kander, Jason (December 16, 2017). "Ever seen this famous old cookbook?". Twitter.