Martin Emerich

{{Short description|American politician (1846–1922)}}

{{distinguish|Martin Emmrich}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Martin Emerich

|image = Martin Emerich.jpg

|caption = Emerich photographed by C. M. Bell Studio

|state = Illinois

|district = {{ushr|Illinois|1|1st}}

|term_start = March 4, 1903

|term_end = March 3, 1905

|office1 = Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

|term1 = 1892-1894

|predecessor = James Robert Mann

|successor = Martin B. Madden

|office2 = Member of the Maryland House of Delegates

|term2 = 1881-1883

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1846|4|27}}

|birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1922|9|25|1846|4|27}}

|death_place = New York City, New York

|party = Democratic

}}

Martin Emerich (April 27, 1846 – September 25, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.{{Cite web|title=Martin Emerich|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/martin-emerich|access-date=2020-10-30|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Emerich attended the public schools. He engaged in the importing business. He was appointed ward commissioner of the poor of Baltimore in 1870. He served as member of the Maryland House of Delegates 1881–1883. He served as aide-de-camp to Governor William T. Hamilton 1880–1884, and to Governor Elihu E. Jackson 1884–1887. He moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1887 and engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1896, when he engaged in the manufacture of bricks. He served as member of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County 1892–1894. He served as assessor of South Chicago 1897.

Emerich was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905).{{Cite web|title=Martin Emerich, former Representative for Illinois's 1st Congressional District|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/martin_emerich/403861|access-date=2020-10-30|website=GovTrack.us|language=en}}{{cite web |title=S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-04562_00_00-001-0001-0000 |website=GovInfo.gov |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |access-date=2 July 2023 |page=20 |date=9 November 1903}} He was not a candidate for renomination in 1904. He retired in 1905. He died while on a visit in New York City on September 25, 1922, at age 76, and was interred in Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43095190/martin_emerich_former_congressman/ |title=Martin Emerich, Former Congressman, Dies in N.Y. |work=Chicago Tribune |page=19 |date=1922-09-28 |access-date=2020-01-27 |via=Newspapers.com}}