Leopold Markbreit | |
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| Mayor of Cincinnati | |
| In office 1908–1909 | |
| Preceded by | Edward J. Dempsey |
| Succeeded by | John Galvin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 13, 1842 Vienna[1] |
| Died | July 27, 1909 (aged 67) |
| Resting place | Spring Grove Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
Leopold Markbreit (March 13, 1842 – July 27, 1909)[2] was an 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.[3]
- ^ History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio: Their Past and Present. S. B. Nelson. 1894. p. 539.
- ^ Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Annual Report, Volume 61
- ^ Taylor 1899 : vol. 2, 136