Emil Kiesewetter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Emil Kiesewetter

American politician

Date of Birth: 15-May-1845

Place of Birth: Prairie Township, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 28-Oct-1924

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Emil Kiesewetter

  • Emil Kiesewetter (pronunciation unknown) (May 15, 1845 – October 28, 1924) was a Democratic politician in the U.S.
  • State of Ohio.
  • He was the Ohio State Auditor 1884-1888. Kiesewetter was born at Prairie Township, Franklin County, Ohio on May 15, 1845.
  • His parents were Theodore and Joanna E.
  • Kiesewetter, natives of Germany, who had emigrated to Franklin County in 1844.
  • They stayed at Prairie Township until 1849, when they moved to Columbus, the state capital, in that county.
  • The mother died in 1850 and the father died in 1874.At age 12, Kiesewetter began working at a Columbus hotel.
  • He later attended the Columbus Commercial College, where he studied bookkeeping.
  • He worked in that field until 1862.On September 30, 1862, Kiesewetter enlisted as a private in Company B, 46th Ohio Infantry during the American Civil War.
  • At the Battle of Resaca, he was severely injured in the left hip May 14, 1864.
  • He was confined to a bed for seven months, as the wound became gangrenous.
  • With treatment from a surgeon, he recovered, and was discharged at Camp Chase, Columbus, March 31, 1865.
  • He remained at the camp as a clerk until August 25, when he hired on as a bookkeeper at a Columbus firm.
  • He remained there until 1878.In 1878, Kiesewetter was elected as Franklin County Auditor.
  • He was nominated at the Democratic Party state convention in 1883 for Ohio State Auditor, and defeated Republican incumbent John F.
  • Oglevee that autumn.
  • He assumed the office January 1884. While he was Auditor, Kiesewetter fired two shots at a newspaper reporter, November 8, 1885, in a Columbus hotel.
  • The reporter had criticized Kiesewetter in his paper.
  • The shots missed their mark.
  • Kiesewetter was arrested, and appeared November 16 before Mayor Charles C.
  • Walcutt, who dismissed charges on the grounds that Kiesewetter had been provoked.Kiesewetter ran for re-election in 1887, but lost to Republican Ebenezer W.
  • Poe.
  • He completed his term January, 1888. Kiesewetter died October 28, 1924, and was interred at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OhioOn November 4, 1869, Kiesewetter married Francis Orthafer, and had two sons.
  • He was a member of the Masons, I.O.O.F., and Knights of Pythias.

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