Peter Reichensperger

Peter Reichensperger (b. at Coblenz, 28 May 1810 - d. at Berlin, 31 December 1892) was a German jurist and parliamentarian for Centre Party.

From 1848 he was active as a parliamentarian in the Prussian Diet, the Erfurt Volkshaus, the Prussian second chamber (1849), the constituent North-German Reichstag (1857), the Customs' Parliament (1868), and the German Reichstag, representing in the last-mentioned the same district from 1871 to his death.

He worked closely with his elder brother August Reichensperger, and, like the latter, he defended the Rhenish system of laws against the minister von Kamptz ("Oeffentlichkeit, Mündlichkeit und Schwurgerichte", 1834).

In 1858, when a collection of their parliamentary speeches appeared, the brothers published their political programme in the pamphlet Die Wahlen zum preussischen Abgeordnetenhause, and two years later Deutschlands nächste Aufgaben für die Zukunft.

Less versatile than his brother, Peter surpassed him in juristic keenness and intellectual depth.