Albert Scheffer

Albert Scheffer was an American politician from the state of Minnesota.
Scheffer was born in Rheinberg on March 27, 1844. He emigrated to the United States in 1849, and became a banker in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1860. In 1864, he volunteered to be a member of the Thirty-Ninth Wisconsin Volunteers to fight in the American Civil War. In 1872, he ran as a Democrat for Minnesota State Auditor, losing to Orlan P. Whitcomb. In 1886, now as a Republican, Scheffer ran for governor of Minnesota. During the Republican primary, he was one of five candidates. After one had dropped out, two others attempted to consolidate their votes behind Scheffer to defeat frontrunner Andrew Ryan McGill, however rouge delegate refusing to switch their votes resulted in Scheffer losing the nomination to McGill. That year, he was first elected to the Minnesota Senate. He left office in 1891.
Scheffer Elementary School in St. Paul is named after him.