Charles Jonas (Wisconsin politician)
Charles Jonas | |
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| 16th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin | |
| In office January 5, 1891 – April 4, 1894 | |
| Governor | George Wilbur Peck |
| Preceded by | George Washington Ryland |
| Succeeded by | Emil Baensch |
| Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 3rd district | |
| In office January 1, 1883 – November 17, 1886 | |
| Preceded by | Albert L. Phillips |
| Succeeded by | Henry Allen Cooper |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Racine 1st district | |
| In office January 7, 1878 – January 6, 1879 | |
| Preceded by | Norton J. Field |
| Succeeded by | Norton J. Field |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karel Jonáš 24 October 1840 |
| Died | 15 January 1896 (aged 55) |
| Resting place | Olšany Cemetery, Prague |
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| Spouse | Christine Korizek (died 1923) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Prague Polytechnical Institute |
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Charles Jonas (born Karel Jonáš; October 24, 1840 – January 15, 1896) was a Czech American journalist, linguist, and political activist. He was the 16th lieutenant governor of Wisconsin and served in the Wisconsin Legislature, representing Racine County. Later in life, he was an American consul general to Austria-Hungary, and the Russian and German empires.
Although in 1919 the United States Department of State informed the author Thomas Čapek that Jonas died of heart failure, recent scholarship has determined that Jonas shot himself. His former home in Racine, Wisconsin, the Karel Jonas House, is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 1337 North Erie Street.