Emil Kiesewetter (pronunciation unknown) (May 15, 1845 – October 28, 1924) was a Democratic politician in the

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. He was the

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1884–1888. Kiesewetter was born at

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on May 15, 1845. His parents were Theodore and Joanna E. Kiesewetter, natives of

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, who had emigrated to Franklin County in 1844. They stayed at Prairie Township until 1849, when they moved to

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, 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

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. At the

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, 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

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, 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

, and defeated

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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

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, 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

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.Green Lawn Cemetery Burial Records
/ref> On November 4, 1869, Kiesewetter married Francis Orthafer, and had two sons. He was a member of the Masons, I.O.O.F., and

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