Emil Anneke

Emil Anneke was a German revolutionary as well as Forty-Eighter and American journalist, lawyer and politician. From 1863 until 1866, he served as Michigan Auditor General, the first Republican serving in that position. Emil was the younger brother of U.S. colonel and former German revolutionary commander Fritz Anneke, his sister-in-law was the famous German-American writer, college founder, abolitionist and suffragette Mathilde Anneke.

Literature

Michigan Historical Commission: Michigan biographies, including members of Congress . Band I, Michigan Historical Commission, Lansing, 1924
John Andrew Russell: The Germanic Influence in the Making of Michigan. University, Detroit, 1927
Heinrich Annecke: "Die Bauernfamilie Annecke in Schadeleben und ihre Stammfolge." In: Deutsches Familienarchiv. Band 13, 1960, p. 116–140