Sigmund Zeisler

Sigmund Zeisler
Born(1860-04-11)April 11, 1860
DiedJune 4, 1931(1931-06-04) (aged 71)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
EducationJ.D. Northwestern University School of Law
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
OccupationLawyer
Spouses
(m. 1885; died 1927)
Amelia Spellman
(m. 1930)
Children
  • Leonard Bloomfield Zeisler
  • Paul Bloomfield Zeisler
  • Ernest Bloomfield Zeisler
Family

Sigmund Zeisler (1860–1931) was a German-Jewish U.S. attorney born in Austria and known for his defense of radicals in Chicago in the 1880s. His wife was the famed concert pianist Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler.

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Sigmund Zeisler was born in Bielitz, Austrian Silesia on April 11, 1860.[1] He began his education at the University of Vienna and emigrated to Chicago in 1883.

Zeisler graduated from the Northwestern University School of Law in 1884.[2]

Personal life

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In 1885 he married his second cousin Fannie Bloomfield,[3] sister of philologist Maurice Bloomfield and the aunt of linguist Leonard Bloomfield. The Zeislers had three sons: Leonard Bloomfield Zeisler, Paul Bloomfield Zeisler, and Ernest Bloomfield Zeisler (married to Claire Zeisler).[3] After Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler's death in 1927, Zeisler married Amelia Spellman in 1930. He died at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago on June 4, 1931.[2]

Professional career

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In 1886-1887, Zeisler was co-counsel for the defendants in the anarchist cases, popularly known as the Haymarket cases. Zeisler was a progressive and was a member of the American Anti-Imperialist League, the Municipal Voters' League, and the Civil Service Reform Association.[2]

Zeisler was a writer and lectured on legal topics. Zeisler was a member of the Chicago Literary Club, The Little Room, Book and Play and the Cliff Dwellers Club.

Cases

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Publications

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Stephen S. Gregory". Chicago Legal News. XXXVI (42): 343. June 4, 1904 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c "Sigmund Zeisler is Dead". The Sentinel. Chicago. June 12, 1931. p. 13. Retrieved July 24, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.
  3. ^ a b Hallman, Diana. "Fannie Bloomfield Zeissler 1863–1927". Jewish Women's Archive.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSinger, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Zeisler, Sigmund". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

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