Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan barkewar juyin juya halin Maris a 1848, Firayim Minista Ludolf Camphausen ya nada Auerswald "Oberpräsident" a Königsberg na lardin Prussia. Bayan Camphausen ya yi murabus, Auerswald ya zama Firayim Minista a ranar 25 ga Yuni, da kuma Ministan Harkokin Waje. An gabatar da kundin tsarin mulki ga Masarautar Prussia a lokacin mulkin Auerswald; tsarinsa shi ne tsarin mulkin Belgium na 1831
, wanda ya yi tasiri sosai ga 'yanci na Rhenish. Koyaya, Majalisar Nationalasa ta Prussian ba ta karɓa ba, wacce ta ƙirƙiri nata kwamitin tsarin mulki maimakon. Ma'aikatar Auerswald ta rushe a ranar 8 ga Satumba lokacin da Majalisar Dokoki ta bukaci gwamnati ta bukaci a yi murabus da 'yan majalisa masu ra'ayin mazan jiya.