Carl Louis Nippert (October 11, 1852 – September 5, 1904) was a German-American engineer and politician, who served as the 26th lieutenant governor of Ohio in 1902.[1]
Carl Louis Nippert | |
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| 26th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio | |
| In office January 13, 1902 – May 1, 1902 | |
| Governor | George K. Nash |
| Preceded by | John A. Caldwell |
| Succeeded by | Harry L. Gordon |
| Member of the Ohio Senate from the first district | |
| In office January 1, 1900 – January 5, 1902 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred M. Cohen J. W. Harper C. D. Robertson |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas Longworth Peter Echert Lewis M. Hosea |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 11, 1852 Frankfurt, Germany |
| Died | September 5, 1904 (aged 51) Clifton, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Resting place | Spring Grove Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Elsie Hitscherich Katie Brill |
| Children | one daughter |
| Alma mater | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology University of Zurich Cincinnati Law School |
Early life
editNippert was born in Frankfurt to American parents, Louis and Meta Nippert.[2] His father was from Cincinnati, Ohio, and was sent to Frankfurt to run a Methodist Episcopal Church seminary.[3] The father returned to Walnut Hills, Cincinnati in the 1870s.[3]
Nippert studied engineering at the universities of Karlsruhe, Germany, and Zürich, Switzerland. After finishing his studies in 1874, he started working as an engineer in Frankfurt, Germany. In 1876 he migrated to the United States to work on the construction of the world fair in Philadelphia.
Nippert worked as a school teacher (1877–1889) and principal (after 1891) in Cincinnati. During this time he advocated the German language. He graduated from Cincinnati Law School,[4][5]
Career
editIn 1891 he became a lawyer. Eight years later he became a member of the Ohio State Senate for the Republican party.
In 1901, Nippert was elected lieutenant governor of Ohio. He began his term January 1902. A vacancy opened for the Hamilton County Probate Judge, and Governor Nash appointed Nippert to the seat on May 1, 1902.[5] He was elected to a three-year term on the court in 1903.[3]
Personal life
editNippert married Elsie Hitscherich of Karlsruhe,[4] and later married Katie Brill of Cincinnati on July 25, 1889.[3] They had one daughter, who died in childhood.[4]
In the United States, Nippert was a member of several German associations. Nippert was a Freemason and member of the B.P.O.E.[3]
Nippert died of heart disease in 1904.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Lieutenant Governors Of The State Of Ohio: 1852 – Present". Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
- ^ "Carl Nippert burial statistics" (PDF). Spring Grove Cemetery. Retrieved February 15, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f Goss, Charles Frederic (1912). Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788–1912. Vol. 3. Cincinnati: S J Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 208–212.
- ^ a b c Mercer, James K.; Rife, Edward K. (1903). Representative men of Ohio, 1900–1903. Columbus: James K. Mercer. p. 125.
- ^ a b Taylor, William A.; Scobey, Frank E.; McElroy, B. L (1903). The Biographical annals of Ohio, 1902–1903: a handbook of the government institutions of the state of Ohio. State of Ohio. p. 497.
- H. Dvorak, Biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Burschenschaft, Bd. 1, Teil 4, Heidelberg: 2000. ISBN 3-8253-1118-X