Early Life and Career
Salomon, who was Jewish, was born in Schleswig-Holstein, the cousin of Charles E. Salomon, Edward Salomon (Governor of Wisconsin), and Friedrich (Frederick) Salomon, all men who would become Union generals in the Civil War. He emigrated to Illinois in 1856 and was elected an alderman of Chicago's sixth ward in 1861, one of the youngest in Chicago history.
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