Andrew Hickenlooper

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Andrew Hickenlooper
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
In office
January 12, 1880 – January 9, 1882
GovernorCharles Foster
Preceded byJabez W. Fitch
Succeeded byRees G. Richards
Personal details
Born(1837-08-10)August 10, 1837
5th Ohio Independent Battery
Chief of Staff, XVIII Corps
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
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Andrew Hickenlooper (August 10, 1837 – May 12, 1904) was an

industrialist, and a Union Army lieutenant colonel of artillery and engineers. In recognition of his service, in 1866, he was nominated and confirmed for appointment as a brevet brigadier general
of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865.

Statue by William Couper at Vicksburg National Military Park, 1912

Personal life

Hickenlooper was born in the village of

Cincinnati
, and thoroughly mastered the duties of the position. Three years later, he became the city surveyor himself. After spending two years in this position, the Civil War broke out. He was married to Maria Lloyd Smith and had two children.

Civil War career

Although he was only twenty-four, he recruited what was known as Hickenlooper's Battery or the 5th Ohio Independent Battery, and joined

XVII Corps
.

During the

Oliver O. Howard, and Ulysses S. Grant. On January 13, 1866 President Andrew Johnson nominated Hickenlooper for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866.[2]

Civilian career

After the war, Hickenlooper was appointed

United States marshal for the Southern district of Ohio. Then he served two terms as city civil engineer. While in this office, he was made assistant to W.W. Scarborough, then the president of the Cincinnati Gas Company, with the title of vice president. He served as vice president but for a short time, as he was then elected president of the company. He published two books, Competition in the Manufacture and Delivery of Gas (1881), and Incandescent Electric Lights for Street Illumination (1886).He became active in veterans affairs, particularly those of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, serving as its Corresponding Secretary, where he worked tirelessly for the erection of monuments to the memory of his friend and mentor, General James B. McPherson

Political career

In 1879, he was elected the 15th

Chamber of Commerce.[3]
In 1902, he published a book on the Battle of Shiloh.

Death and legacy

Hickenlooper died in Cincinnati with a distinguished civil and military reputation. He is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati.[4] On January 3, 1912, a statue in honor of Hickenlooper was erected in Vicksburg National Military Park.

His descendants include son Smith Hickenlooper, a Federal Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and great-grandson John Hickenlooper, former Governor of Colorado and current U.S. senator.

He was also related to pianist Olga Samaroff (née Lucy Mary Olga Agnes Hickenlooper).[5]

See also

Further reading

Notes

  1. ^ Downs, Winfield Scott (1934). "Encyclopedia of American Biography".
  2. ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 748.
  3. ^ Goss, Charles Frederic (1912). Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788–1912. Vol. 2. Cincinnati: S J Clarke Publishing Company. p. 361.
  4. ^ "Judge Civil War Generals" (PDF). The Spring Grove Family. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 29, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  5. ^ Hickenlooper, John; Potter, Maximillian (2016). The Opposite of Woe, My Life in Beer and Politics. New York: Penguin Press. pp. 37, 112.

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Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
1880–1882 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Edwin Stevens
 President of Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
1886–1887 		Succeeded by
Levi C. Goodale
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