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Albert Volz

political Activist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ100721215 ↗
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Albert Frederick Volz (May 12, 1871 – June 5, 1971) was an American businessman and politician.

Volz was born in Arlington Heights, Illinois. He was involved with the foundry manufacturing business in Arlington Heights. He served on the Arlington Heights Board of Trustees and as Mayor of Arlington Heights. Volz also served on the parks and school boards. Volz was a Republican. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1917 to 1923. Volz died at the Northwestern Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

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This entry incorporates text from “Albert Volz” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.