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Gabriel Riesser (2 April 1806 – 22 April 1863) was a German politician and lawyer.
Career
From 1840 to 1857 he practised as a notary in Hamburg.
In 1848 Riesser was a member of the revolutionary Frankfurt Parliament where he was vice-president. He was elected for the constituency of Saxe-Lauenburg. Riesser was a member of the Kaiserdeputation which offered the Prussian King Frederich William IV the German crown.
In 1859 the City of Hamburg appointed him "Obergerichtsrat" (chief judge at the supreme state court).
Legacy
Riesser was buried in Hamburg. There is a street named after Riesser In Hamburg-Hamm.