Wolfe Londoner
| Wolfe Londoner | |
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| 20th Mayor of Denver | |
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In office 1889–1891 |
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| Preceded by | William Scott Lee |
| Succeeded by | Platt Rogers |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 4, 1842 New York City, New York |
| Died | November 23, 1912 (aged 70) Denver, Colorado |
Wolfe Londoner (July 4, 1842 – November 23, 1912) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Denver, Colorado from 1889 to 1891. He died of apoplexy.
He was born on 4 July 1842 to parents Herman Londoner and Rachel Hearst in New York City, New York. While his father was a wealthy merchant, he found himself to become restless and at the age of 13 years, he left home and travelled by steamship to San Francisco. While here he found employment in a local hotel (where he received $125 a month, including board) and also took on work at an auctioneers helping sell goods every evening (where he received $200 a month). He continued with this work until he had saved enough to open his own grocery business, he remained here for 4 years, until he decided to return to New York, where he went into business with his father.
In 1856 his father moved the business to Dubuque, Iowa and opened a large store, putting Wolfe's older brother in charge. He took charge of another branch store a few miles away. During the Panic of 1857 the whole business folded, his father took the last remaining stock to St. Louis hoping to revive the business there and then send monetary funds back to DuBuque to assist his family in making the journey down the Mississippi River to St. Louis. After waiting a short time Wolfe received $20 from his father, while told to wait for further funds, he ignored this and bartered with a local steamboat captain who eventually acquiesced to allow him and the rest of the family passage for $15 total (promising to repay the rest once he had found work in St. Louis).
Upon arriving in St. Louis he worked sporadically until meeting Mr. A. Hanauer, an old family friend, who provided more secure and better paid employment with Hanauer, Dold & Co. (a general merchants and freighters). In spring 1860, while still in their employment he moved to Denver to take charge of their store, then during the summer he was sent on to Cañon City, Colorado to start another store, which became the 1st stone building in the city. During winter of this same year, he gave up the management of the Denver store, preferring to take on a store in California Gulch as his own, where he stayed until 1865. While located there he held the offices of County Clerk, Recorder of Lake County, County Treasurer and County Commissioner.
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