William Litterer
William Litterer | |
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Born | August 24, 1834 Germany |
Died | December 1917 |
Resting place | Mount Olivet Cemetery |
Nationality | German American |
Occupation | Pilot Politician |
Parent(s) | Charles A. Litterer |
William Litterer (1834–1917) was an American Democratic politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1890 to 1891.
Early life[]
Litterer was born in Germany on August 24, 1834.[1] His father, Charles A. Litterer, taught at Heidelberg University.[1] His brother was Charles A. Litterer.[1] They came to the United States in 1847 with their parents and settled in Nashville in 1855.[1]
Career[]
Litterer worked as a maritime pilot on the Cumberland River.[2]
Litterer became Mayor pro tem after Mayor Charles P. McCarver resigned in October 1890.[1] On February 10, 1891 he was elected Mayor, to complete the unexpired term of McCarver.[1] As a result, he served as Mayor from 1890 to 1891.[1][3]
In 1915, Litterer purchased the building of the University of Nashville Medical Department called the (on the National Register of Historic Places since January 9, 1978) and donated it to Vanderbilt University.[4][5][6]
Death[]
Litterer died in December 1917.[1] He is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN
- ^ Marmaduke B. Morton, Last days of real steamboating on the Cumberland, NashvillePost.com, January 18, 2008
- ^ Nashville Library
- ^ Rudolph Herman Kampmeier, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine: The Story in Pictures From Its Beginning to 1963, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1990, p. 24 [1]
- ^ The Centaur, Volumes 19-20, 1915, p. 179
- ^ Vanderbilt University Quarterly, Volume 15, 1915, p. 85
- 1834 births
- 1917 deaths
- German emigrants to the United States
- Tennessee Democrats
- Mayors of Nashville, Tennessee
- Vanderbilt University people
- 19th-century American politicians
- Burials at Mount Olivet Cemetery (Nashville)
- 19th-century American businesspeople
- Southern United States mayor stubs
- Tennessee politician stubs