Hugo Friedrich Fries

Hugo Friedrich Fries (9 January 1818 – 25 March 1889). sometimes spelt Frieze, was a German judge, and son of Jakob Friedrich Fries. Before and after the founding of the German Reich, he was a member of the Reichstag. His son, Otto Fries (1849–1905), a forester, was also a member of the Reichstag.

Life
Fries studied law at the University of Göttingen and the University of Jena (1837–1840). After graduating, he joined the civil service of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. He was a lawyer in Berka from 1845 to 1850, and became its mayor from 1848 to 1850. He then moved to Weimar in 1850 and continued working there as a lawyer, later becoming a member of the municipal council in 1853. He become one of the founders of the German National Association in 1859. He became a member of the National Liberal Party of Germany from 1870 onwards.

He was a member of the Thuringian Landtag and became its president from 1865 to 1889. In February 1867 he arrived in the Reichstag (North German Confederation) and the Customs Parliament. From the general election in 1871 until the general election in 1874 he sat for the National Liberal Party in Reichstag. He was a representative of the constituency Weimar 1 (Weimar-Apolda).

Honors

 * Honorary citizen of Weimar (1874)
 * Honorary citizen of Bad Berka (1886)