# August Dreesbach

> Hermann Josef August Dreesbach was a German shop owner, concentrating on cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products, who became a political agitator and then a politician, a political journalist and a pioneer of what became the country's Social Democratic Party (SPD). As Bismarck's contentious anti-Socialist Laws were allowed to lapse during 1890, Dreesbach was elected to membership of the ”Reichstag” in Berlin in February 1890, representing the electoral district of Mannheim. He remained a member, albeit with a break between 1893 and 1898, until his death, by which time he was among the best known of the SPD leaders on the national stage. It was estimated that 30,000 people took part in his funeral and cremation ceremonies, conducted in Mannheim on 2 December 1906.

*German politician and merchant (1844-1906)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1844-08-13
- **Died:** 1906-11-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Hermann Josef August Dreesbach was a German shop owner, concentrating on cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products, who became a political agitator and then a politician, a political journalist and a pioneer of what became the country's Social Democratic Party (SPD). As Bismarck's contentious anti-Socialist Laws were allowed to lapse during 1890, Dreesbach was elected to membership of the ”Reichstag” in Berlin in February 1890, representing the electoral district of Mannheim. He remained a member, albeit with a break between 1893 and 1898, until his death, by which time he was among the best known of the SPD leaders on the national stage. It was estimated that 30,000 people took part in his funeral and cremation ceremonies, conducted in Mannheim on 2 December 1906.

## Fame
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## Sources
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