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John R. Riess Collection

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John R. Riess Collection, 1871-1881 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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Collection Overview

Title: John R. Riess Collection, 1871-1881

ID: COLL/204

Primary Creator: Riess, John R. (1853-1906)

Extent: 0.5 Cubic Feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Businessman, lawyer, and politician. The collection includes three bound notebooks with class lecture notes of T. W. Dwight at the Columbia College Law School, New York, and the cases and briefs of court cases from several courts in Wisconsin.

Biographical Note

John R. Riess was born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on May 10, 1853. In 1859 the Riess family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After attending the German and English Academy of the city, Riess decided to pursue a career in law. He began his studies at the law firm of Carter, Pitkin & Davis. Once admitted to the Bar, Riess joined his mentors as a partner in the law firm in 1872. With two of the lawyers of the original firm withdrawing, the law firm became Davis & Riess. The firm changed once again, becoming Shepard, Riess, & Shepard. By 1882 Riess left the firm to begin a career at the J. J. Vollrath Manufacturing Company, in which he became Secretary and Treasurer of.

Riess was a republican who actively served in both county and state councils. He was a member of the State Central Committee and was Chairman of the County Central Committee. He served as a delegate to the National Convention of the Republican League of the United States in 1893.

On a personal level, Riess married the Sheboygan native, Marie Vollrath, daughter of Jacob J. Vollrath. Together they had two children, Minnie and DeWitt Frank. Riess passed away on October 20, 1906.

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Repository: Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

Alternate Extent Statement: 1 Boxes

Acquisition Source: J.R. Riess


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Series 1: Notebooks --- 1871-1881
Box 1
Folder 1: Notebook volume: Class lecture notes of T. W. Dwight at the Columbia Law School, New York --- May 1871
Folder 2: Notebook volume: Class lecture notes --- November 1871
Folder 3: Notebook volume: Cases and briefs with topical index --- 1837-1881, 1876-[1881]


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