August Theodor Koerner

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| name = August Theodor Koerner

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1843|07|07}}

| birth_place = Bad Rodach, Germany

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1912|04|17|1843|07|07}}

| death_place = Litchfield, Minnesota, U.S.

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| occupation = Businessman, politician

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| spouse = Kate McGannon

| children = 6

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| office1 = Minnesota State Treasurer

| term_start1 = 1895

| term_end1 = 1901

| office2 = Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives

| term_start2 = 1893

| term_end2 = 1894

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August Theodor Koerner (July 7, 1843 – April 17, 1912) was an American businessman and politician.

Biography

August Theodor Koerner was born in Bad Rodach, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, as the son of shoemaker Georg Koerner and his wife Dorothea née Siegmund.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/progressivemenof00shut/page/318/mode/1up |title=Progressive Men of Minnesota |editor1-first=Marion D. |editor1-last=Shutter |editor2-first=J. S. |editor2-last=McLaine |publisher=The Minneapolis Journal |pages=318–319 |date=1897 |access-date=2023-02-03 |via=Internet Archive}} He emigrated to the United States in 1857 and settled in Vernon, Indiana, working in a mill. During the American Civil War, Koerner served in the 6th Indiana Infantry Regiment.

After, the war, Koerner moved to Troy, Illinois and worked as a bookkeeper. He married Kate McGannon and they had six children.

In 1867, he moved with his wife and family to Litchfield, Meeker County, Minnesota. Koerner was in the real estate, abstract, and insurance business. He served as Litchfield Village Clerk and as Meeker County Register of Deeds. Koerner also served as postmaster for Litchfield, Minnesota. In 1893 and 1894, Koerner served in the Minnesota House of Representatives and was a Republican since 1874. Before Koerner was involved with the Republican Party, he was a Democrat. From 1868 to 1874, Koerner was a member of the Greenback Party From 1895 to 1901, Koerner served as Minnesota State Treasurer.

He died in the Mounds Park sanatorium in St. Paul from heart problems on April 17, 1912. He had been there for only a week.[http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12206 Minnesota Legislators Past and Present-August Koerner]Album of History and Biography of Meeker County, Minnesota, Alden, Ogle & Company, Chicago, Illinois: 1888, Biographical Sketch of August T. Koerner, pp. 208-209{{Cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-may-09-1912-3710219/ |title=August T. Koerner |newspaper=North Vernon Plain Dealer |page=1 |date=May 9, 1912 |access-date=2023-02-03 |via=NewspaperArchive}}