Preceded by Henry J. Hopper Party Democratic Party Spouse Cecilia Frank | Name Isaac Taussig Political party Democratic Succeeded by Gilbert Collins | |
Relations Samuel Taussig, brother Children Jerome Lafayette Taussig
Allan Lincola Taussig
Frank Taussig (1892-1982) Died 1917, East Orange, New Jersey, United States Residence Jersey City, New Jersey, United States | ||
Isaac William Taussig (July 30, 1850 – 9 Feb 1917) was the 22nd Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey serving from May 3, 1880 to May 4, 1884.
Biography
The son of German immigrants, Taussig was born on July 30, 1850 in New York City. He had as siblings: Samuel Taussig, and Noah H. Taussig. Taussig became a sugar refiner with American Molasses Company and a candy merchant. A Democrat, he was nominated in a very controversial selection, when the Jersey City Democrats voted not to re-nominate incumbent Henry J. Hopper. Taussig won by a closer than expected majority. He would go on to serve two terms as mayor.
In August 1883, during his second term as mayor, Taussig's rock candy company, Taussig & Hammerschlag, went out of business. In September, Taussig and his partner Moritz Hammerschlag were arrested and charged with fraud. The Havemeyer Sugar Refining Company brought a lawsuit against them claiming they were induced to making a loan based on false financial statements made to Bradstreet's Mercantile Agency by Taussig in April 1883. Taussig and Hammerschlag lost the suit in December 1884.
Taussig married Cecilia Frank in San Francisco on December 14, 1887. He died in 1917. His widow died on May 8, 1933.