Karl Jarres was a politician of the German People's Party

German People's Party

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 (Deutsche Volkspartei, or DVP) during the Weimar Republic

Weimar Republic

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. Jarres was born in the city of Remscheid

Remscheid

Remscheid is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is, after Wuppertal and Solingen, the third largest municipality in Bergisches Land, being located on the northern edge of the region, on south side of the Ruhr area....

. Rhenish Prussia, and after legal studies in Bonn

University of Bonn

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 as a young adult, pursued an administrative career. He was mayor of his native Remscheid from 1910 until 1914 and was subsequently the mayor of Duisburg

Duisburg

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, located in the Ruhr

Ruhr

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 region, from 1914 until 1933. During the Weimar period he served as Interior Minister and Vice Chancellor in the cabinets of Gustav Stresemann

Gustav Stresemann

was a German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic. He was co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926.Stresemann's politics defy easy categorization...

 and Wilhelm Marx

Wilhelm Marx

Wilhelm Marx was a German lawyer, Catholic politician and a member of the Centre Party. He was Chancellor of the German Reich twice, from 1923 to 1925 and again from 1926 to 1928, and also served briefly as minister president of Prussia in 1925, during the Weimar Republic.-Life:Born in Cologne to...

.

Jarres was the candidate of the DVP in the 1925 German Presidential election

German presidential election, 1925

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, the first direct election to the office of President of the Reich

Reichspräsident

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 (Reichspräsident). In the first round of the election he received the largest number of votes with over ten million and his plurality was at nearly 39%. The next major candidates were Otto Braun

Otto Braun

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 of the Social Democrats

Social Democratic Party of Germany

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 with nearly eight million votes (29%) and Wilhelm Marx

Wilhelm Marx

Wilhelm Marx was a German lawyer, Catholic politician and a member of the Centre Party. He was Chancellor of the German Reich twice, from 1923 to 1925 and again from 1926 to 1928, and also served briefly as minister president of Prussia in 1925, during the Weimar Republic.-Life:Born in Cologne to...

 of the Catholic Center Party with nearly four million votes (14.5%). Jarres withdrew his candidacy in the second round of voting in favor of Paul von Hindenburg

Paul von Hindenburg

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 who would go on to win the closely fought second round of elections against Marx and Ernst Thälmann

Ernst Thälmann

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, the candidate of the Communist Party of Germany

Communist Party of Germany

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 (KPD

Communist Party of Germany

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).

Jarres was shunted out of public life with the rise the Nazi party in 1933 and spent the rest of his career in industry.