Figure S.5.1     Saxon Landtag Deputies, Occupation and Party Affiliation, 1869–1918

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupation

Conservatives

National Liberals

Liberals

Progressives

Radicals

Social Democrats

Antisemites

Total

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(no.)

(%)

 

 

Agriculture, including ...

86

4

4

11

0

0

1

106

24.5

 

Knight’s estate owners

35

2

0

1

0

0

0

38

8.8

 

Estate owners

51

2

4

10

0

0

1

68

15.7

 

 

Industry and commerce, including ...

50

77

14

9

6

23

2

181

41.9

 

Factory owners, manufacturers *

42

58

9

7

4

5

1

126

29.2

 

Businessmen, traders **

4

45

4

1

2

15

0

41

9.5

 

Artisans, master builders ***

4

4

1

1

0

3

1

14

3.2

 

 

Civil service, including ...

44

11

1

7

2

0

1

66

15.3

 

State

24

4

0

1

1

0

1

31

7.2

 

Municipal

20

7

1

6

1

0

0

35

8.1

 

 

Free professions

23

8

5

11

2

15

2

66

15.3

 

 

Other

2

1

0

0

0

10

0

13

3.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

205

101

24

38

10

48

6

432

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes: * Fabrikanten. ** Kaufleute, Händler. *** Handwerker, Baumeister.

Source: Elvira Döscher and Wolfgang Schröder, eds., Sächsische Parlamentarier 1869–1918. Die Abgeordneten der II. Kammer des Königreichs Sachsen im Spiegel historischer Photographien (Düsseldorf, 2001), 90, 101.

 


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