Michael Liebel, Jr.
| Michael Liebel, Jr. | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 25th district |
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In office March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 |
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| Preceded by | Milton W. Shreve |
| Succeeded by | Henry A. Clark |
| 30th Mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania | |
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In office 1906–1911 |
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| Preceded by | Robert J. Saltsman |
| Succeeded by | William J. Stern |
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December 12, 1870 Erie, Pennsylvania |
| Died | August 8, 1927 (aged 56) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Relations | Reinhard Liebel (uncle) |
| Alma mater | Canisius College |
Michael Liebel, Jr. (December 12, 1870 – August 8, 1927) was the Mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania, from 1906-1911, and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, from 1915 to 1917.
Liebel was born December 12, 1870, in Erie, Pennsylvania, and is the son of Michael and Clara (Uhr) Liebel. His father, Michael Liebel Sr. was born June 17, 1843, in Germany and was the son of John and Barbara (Hammer) Liebel, who also lived in Erie, Pennsylvania. Michael Liebel Sr. was 14 years old when his parents came to Erie, Pennsylvania from Germany. He served an apprenticeship at the shoemaking trade, and in 1861 he started his own boot and shoe business, which he continued for five years. He invested in local realty with his brother Reinhard Liebel, which eventually became very extensive. Liebel Sr. died in May 1906. Michael and Clara Liebel had three sons: Eugene Liebel, who died in 1923, Michael Liebel, Jr., and Frederick W. Liebel, who died in 1896.
Liebel was educated in the public and parochial schools of Erie and attended college Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, graduating in 1887.
After graduating from college, Liebel was an accountant in the Buffalo office of the Nickel Plate Railroad for five years. He then returned to Erie, where he was employed in the office of Jackson Koehler, at that time conducting one of the leading breweries of this section of the state, for another five years. In 1898, he organized the Cascade Brewing Company, and served as Corporate Secretary and Treasurer until 1890 when it was consolidated with the Erie Brewing Company, which operated until prohibition.
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