Isaac W. Taussig

Isaac W. Taussig

Infobox_Politician
name = Isaac W. Taussig


width = 144px
height = 216px
birth_date = July 30, 1850
birth_place = New York City, New York
death_date =
death_place = East Orange, New Jersey
residence = Jersey City, New Jersey
office = Mayor of Jersey City
order = 22nd
term_start = May 3, 1880
term_end = May 4, 1884
predecessor = Henry J. Hopper
successor = Gilbert Collins
party = Democratic
religion =
spouse = Cecilia Frank
children = Jerome Lafayette & Allan Lincola
website =

Isaac W. Taussig was the 22nd Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey from May 3, 1880 to May 4, 1884.

The son of German immigrants, Taussig was born on July 30, 1850 in New York. Taussig became a sugar refiner and a candy merchant. A Democrat, he was nominated in a very controversial selection when the Jersey City Democrats voted not to re-nominate incumbent Henry J. Hopper. [cite news|title=Jersey City Politics - Democratic Nominations--An Unpopular Man For Mayor.|publisher=New York Times |date=1880-04-04] Taussig won by a closer then expected majority. [cite news|title=New Jersey Elections.|publisher=New York Times |date=1880-04-04 [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A07E0DA1F31EE3ABC4D52DFB266838B699FDE] ] He would go on to serve two terms as mayor.

In August 1883, during his second term as mayor, Taussig's rock candy company, Taussig & Hammerschlag, went out of business. In September, Taussig and his partner Moritz Hammerschlag were arrested and charged with fraud. [cite news|title=Local Business Troubles - Mayor Taussig and his Partner Charged With Fraud.|publisher=New York Times |date=1883-10-24] The Havemeyer Sugar Refining Company brought a lawsuit against them claiming they were induced to making a loan based on false financial statements made to Bradstreet's Mercantile Agency by Taussig in April of 1883. Taussig and Hammerschlag lost the suit in December of 1884. [cite news|title=Ex-Mayor Taussig's Testimony.|publisher=New York Times |date=1884-12-13]

Taussig married Cecilia Frank in San Francisco on December 14, 1887. [ citation | newspaper = The San Francisco Morning Call | date = 1887-12-19 | page = 3 ]

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