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”’Charles Julius Beerstecher”’ (January 15, 1851 – December 31, 1900)<ref name=bio>{{cite book |last1=Vivian |first1=T. J. |last2=Waldron |first2=D. G. |author-link= |date=1878 |title=Biographical sketches of the delegates to the convention to frame a new constitution for the State of California, 1878 |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket00unse_10/page/55/mode/1up |location=San Francisco |publisher=Francis & Valentine |pages=55–56 |isbn= |access-date=30 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=HIS SUFFERING ENDED |url=https://www.newspapers.com/ |
”’Charles Julius Beerstecher”’ (January 15, 1851 – December 31, 1900)<ref name=bio>{{cite book |last1=Vivian |first1=T. J. |last2=Waldron |first2=D. G. |author-link= |date=1878 |title=Biographical sketches of the delegates to the convention to frame a new constitution for the State of California, 1878 |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket00unse_10/page/55/mode/1up |location=San Francisco |publisher=Francis & Valentine |pages=55–56 |isbn= |access-date=30 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=HIS SUFFERING ENDED |url=https://www.newspapers.com/// |access-date=30 October 2025 |work=The Napa Daily Journal |location=Napa}}</ref> was a [[German American]] lawyer, politician and [[socialist]]<ref name=shumsky>{{cite book |last1=Shumsky |first1=Neil Larry |title=The Evolution of Political Protest and the Workingmen’s Party of California |date=1991 |publisher=[[Ohio State University Press]] |location=Columbus |page=207 |url=https://archive.org/details/evolutionofpolit0000shum/page/207/mode/1up |access-date=30 October 2025}}</ref> who served as a delegate to [[California Constitutional Conventions#Sacramento Convention of 1878–79|California’s Second Constitutional Convention]] from 1878 to 1879,<ref name=bio/> as a member of the [[California Railroad Commission]] from 1880 to 1883,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mohan |first1=Hugh J. |last2=Clough |first2=E. H. |last3=Cosgrave |first3=John P. |title=Pen Pictures of Our Representative Men |date=1880 |publisher=H. A. Weaver’s Valley Press |location=Sacramento |pages=xxii–xxiv |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101078160759&seq=24 |access-date=30 October 2025}}</ref> and as [[City attorney|town attorney]] of [[St. Helena, California|St. Helena]] from 1894<ref>{{cite news |title=TOWN TRUSTEES |url=https://www.newspapers.com/// |access-date=30 October 2025 |work=[[St. Helena Star]] |location=St. Helena}}</ref> to 1896.<ref>{{cite news |title=APPOINTMENTS MADE |url=https://www.newspapers.com/// |access-date=30 October 2025 |work=[[St. Helena Star]] |location=St. Helena}}</ref> Beerstecher was heading the [[German language]] section of the [[Workingmen’s Party of the United States]] in [[San Francisco]] when, in 1877, he and “practically all members” of the organization abandoned it for the [[anti-Chinese]] [[Workingmen’s Party of California]].<ref name=shumsky/> |
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American politician (1851–1900)
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Charles J. Beerstecher |
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| In office January 5, 1880 – January 10, 1883 |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | William P. Humphreys |
| In office September 28, 1878 – March 3, 1879 |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Constituency | San Francisco |
| In office April 16, 1894 – May 12, 1896 |
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| Preceded by | E. G. Smith |
| Succeeded by | John T. York |
| Born | January 15, 1851 |
| Died | December 31, 1900 (aged 49) |
| Political party | Republican (before 1877, after 1880) Workingmen’s (U.S.) (1877) Workingmen’s (California) (1877–1880) |
| Spouse | Sophia Theresa Stiefel |
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| Education | University at Lewisburg University of Michigan School of Law (L.L.B.) |
Charles Julius Beerstecher (January 15, 1851 – December 31, 1900)[1][2] was a German American lawyer, politician and socialist[3] who served as a delegate to California’s Second Constitutional Convention from 1878 to 1879,[1] as a member of the California Railroad Commission from 1880 to 1883,[4] and as town attorney of St. Helena from 1894[5] to 1896.[6] Beerstecher was heading the German language section of the Workingmen’s Party of the United States in San Francisco when, in 1877, he and “practically all members” of the organization abandoned it for the anti-Chinese Workingmen’s Party of California.[3]
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“In the Hollow of His Hand”
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“San Francisco’s Easter Egg”
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“The Railroad Cabinet Trick”
- ^ a b Vivian, T. J.; Waldron, D. G. (1878). Biographical sketches of the delegates to the convention to frame a new constitution for the State of California, 1878. San Francisco: Francis & Valentine. pp. 55–56. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
- ^ “HIS SUFFERING ENDED”. The Napa Daily Journal. Napa. January 1, 1901. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
- ^ a b Shumsky, Neil Larry (1991). The Evolution of Political Protest and the Workingmen’s Party of California. Columbus: Ohio State University Press. p. 207. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
- ^ Mohan, Hugh J.; Clough, E. H.; Cosgrave, John P. (1880). Pen Pictures of Our Representative Men. Sacramento: H. A. Weaver’s Valley Press. pp. xxii–xxiv. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
- ^ “TOWN TRUSTEES”. St. Helena Star. St. Helena. April 20, 1894. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
- ^ “APPOINTMENTS MADE”. St. Helena Star. St. Helena. May 15, 1896. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
