Adolf von Hoth

Adolf von Hoth (1855 - 1923) was a German politician, military officer and son of German Chancellor Wilhelm von Hoth. From 1895 to 1911, he was a member of the Reichstag. He was a member of the Deutschkonservative Partei and the Deutschnationale Volkspartei, the latter of which he led from 1910 to 1911.

Biography
Born in times of great uncertainty, Adolf von Hoth was the son of the late Minister-President and Reichskanzler - Wilhelm von Hoth. As his father was preoccupied with politics, he got much more interested in politics than his uncle or other brother - Albert. When he was merely six years old, his father passed away which led to his isolation for a long time. He studied at the Friedrich Wilhelm University and overtime became interested in both naval and army tactics and technology, he served in the army and became as fond as his father of being an officer in the army and had respect for the soldiers on the front and sailors at sea. After the ennoblement of his father, he felt as it is his duty to serve the Kaiser and the Fatherland to the best of his abilities. With the head of the house now being his uncle, Alexander von Hoth, Adolf decided to isolate himself for a considerable amount of time. However, with turbulence ever rising, his uncle caused a major scandal during the Berlin Riots of '75 after which Adolf decided to distance both himself and his family from such a corrupt politician and take the helm of the von Hoth family. During the short lived Chancellorship of von Coesfeld, he became more interested in the idea of uniting the Germanic peoples under the flag of the German Empire. In 1885, he married the daughter of Karl Jürgen von Krieger - Emilie, they later had a female child called Annalise.

Seeing the fragile political situation in Berlin and elsewhere in the Empire, he decided to run for his constituency in 1895 as a member of the DkP and staunch supporter of the monarchy and Kaiser. He supported populist welfare but was politically conservative. After the numerous rebellions he became distrustful of the socialists and disliked them as a political group and movement. He also believed that moderate reforms must be made to improve the rights of women in the Reich, however, he did not publicly boast about this. In 1897, he was promoted from Major to Generalmajor to lead the II. Korps in Breslau. That same year, the DkP was reformed into the Deutschnationale Volkspartei and Adolf promptly joined the reformed party. Over the years, his influence within the party further grew. In 1905, he was appointed as Minister of Interior. In 1907, Adolf divorced from his wife Emilie von Krieger. During the Great War, from 1909 to 1911, he fought on the Eastern Front against Austria-Hungary.

In 1910, in the midst of the Great War, he had become leader of the DNVP, giving him the opportunity to negotiate after the 1911 elections. Agreeing to elect the ADFV's Elinor von Märchenlied as Chancellor, Adolf von Hoth was confirmed as Minister of the Interior in 1911. However, the military was not supportive of von Märchenlied's Chancellorship as they saw a woman unfit to be Chancellor. The issue would soon also trinckle down into the DNVP and Adolf would lead a group of Loyalists who supported von Märchenlied as Chancellor. Adolf von Hoth could not prevent Hans Lauda's split from the DNVP on July 3 1911 when he formed the Deutschvölkische Freiheitspartei. As a result, a leadership struggle erupted between von Hoth and Hermann zu Muskau, who led a group of Conservatives who were opposed to von Märchenlied's Chancellorship. On July 8, his officers in the II. Korps put von Hoth under house arrest to prevent him from returning to Berlin, essentially cutting him off from the rest of the DNVP. During his house arrest, Adolf von Hoth was voted out as leader of the DNVP and replaced by Volker von Geishof Junior. Under pressure of the II. Korps, von Hoth resigned as Minister of the Interior on July 10 and was replaced by von Geishof. In the aftermath, Adolf von Hoth resigned from public life. Adolf died in 1923 in his estate in Berlin.