Wilhelm Vigier
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Vigier in 1886
Josef Wilhelm Viktor Vigier (27 August 1823, in Solothurn – 18 March 1886) was a Swiss politician and President of the Swiss Council of States (1862/1863 and 1882/1883).
Vigier was also a judge of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland (1858–1874). He presided the court in 1864 and 1873.
He was an uncle of the national councilor and mayor of Solothurn .
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- Thomas Wallner: Vigier, Josef Wilhelm Viktor in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Biography of Vigier Jos. Wilhelm V. on the website of the Swiss Parliament.
- Martin Gisi (1895), "Vigier, Wilhelm", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 39, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 695–699
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- 1823 births
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- People from Solothurn
- Swiss Old Catholics
- Members of the Council of States (Switzerland)
- Presidents of the Council of States (Switzerland)
- Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland judges
- 19th-century Swiss judges
- 19th-century Swiss politicians
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