Carl L. Nippert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Carl L. Nippert

American politician

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1852

Place of Birth: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 05-Sep-1904

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Carl L. Nippert

  • 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.Nippert was born in Frankfurt to American parents, Louis and Meta Nippert.
  • His father was from Cincinnati, Ohio, and was sent to Frankfurt to run a Methodist Episcopal Church seminary.
  • The father returned to Walnut Hills, Cincinnati in the 1870s.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, In 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.
  • He was elected to a three-year term on the court in 1903.In the United States, Nippert was a member of several German associations.
  • Nippert was a Freemason and member of the B.P.O.E.Nippert married Elsie Hitscherich of Karlsruhe, and later married Katie Brill of Cincinnati on July 25, 1889.
  • They had one daughter, who died in childhood.
  • Nippert died of heart disease in 1904.Nippert Stadium at the University of Cincinnati is named for someone else.

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