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
Vienna[1]
DiedJuly 27, 1909(1909-07-27) (aged 67)
Resting placeSpring Grove Cemetery
Political partyRepublican

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]

References

  1. ^ History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio: Their Past and Present. S. B. Nelson. 1894. p. 539.
  2. ^ Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Annual Report, Volume 61
  3. ^ Taylor 1899 : vol. 2, 136
Preceded byJohn W. Caldwell United States Minister Resident, Bolivia July 25, 1869 − February 12, 1873 Succeeded byJohn T. Croxton


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