Richard Scheid was a Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

n author, unionist and politician of the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany

Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany

The Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany was a short-lived political party in Germany during the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic. The organization was established in 1917 as the result of a split of left wing members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany...

 (USPD).

Scheid was president of the Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 labor unions' education committee. From 1911 to 1919 he was community representative, after December 1918 government representative at the deputy general command

High command

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 of the I Royal Bavarian Corps

I Royal Bavarian Corps

As part of the 1868 army reform, the 1st Royal Bavarian Army Corps of the Bavarian Army was set up in 1869 in Munich as the Generalkommando for Swabia and Upper and Lower Bavaria. Like all Bavarian formations, it was placed under the 4th Army As part of the 1868 army reform, the 1st Royal...

, and from 1918 to 1919 he was headman of the Bavarian soldiers' council. After the assassination of Kurt Eisner

Kurt Eisner

Kurt Eisner was a Bavarian politician and journalist. As a German socialist journalist and statesman, he organized the Socialist Revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy in Bavaria in November 1918....

, he was designated by the Rätekongress (council of people's commissioners) and followed Albert Roßhaupter

Albert Roßhaupter

Albert Roßhaupter was a Bavarian politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and editor of several newspapers.- Biography :...

 on his post as minister for military affairs (war minister). Officially he became minister under Martin Segitz

Martin Segitz

Martin Segitz was an acting Bavarian Minister-President and member of the SPD.-Life:Martin Segitz was born in Fürth in 1853, in what was then the independent Kingdom of Bavaria....

 on March 1, 1919. Under Segitz's successor Johannes Hoffmann

Johannes Hoffmann

Johannes Hoffmann was a Bavarian Minister-President and member of the SPD.-Life:Born in Ilbesheim, near Landau, his parents were Peter Hoffmann and Maria Eva Keller...

 he could not hold his post after March 17, 1919, because he was member of the USPD. So the Zentralrat (central council) suggested to the Rätekongress to vote for Ernst Schneppenhorst

Ernst Schneppenhorst

Ernst Wilhelm Schneppenhorst was a Bavarian politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany .- Biography :...

, who was a member of the Majority Social Democratic Party of Germany (MSPD).