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Leopold Markbreit
Mayor of Cincinnati
In office
1908–1909
Preceded byEdward J. Dempsey
Succeeded byJohn Galvin
Personal details
Born(1842-03-13)March 13, 1842
DiedJuly 27, 1909(1909-07-27) (aged 67)
Resting placeSpring Grove Cemetery
Political partyRepublican

Leopold Markbreit (March 13, 1842 – July 27, 1909)[1] was a German-American Republican politician in Cincinnati, Ohio. The half-brother of Frederick Hassaurek, Markbreit was a lawyer who was briefly the law partner of Rutherford B. Hayes. President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him Minister to Bolivia in 1869. He later served as Mayor of Cincinnati from 1908-1909.

He served as a presidential elector in 1896 for McKinley and Hobart.[2]

References

  • Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... Vol. 2. State of Ohio. p. 136.
  • Leopold Markbreit at Find a Grave
Preceded by United States Minister Resident, Bolivia
July 25, 1869 − February 12, 1873
Succeeded by