Ernest Keppler

{{infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix = The Honorable

|name = Ernest C. Keppler

|office = {{nowrap|Wisconsin Circuit Judge}} for the {{nowrap|Sheboygan Circuit, Branch 1}}

| term_start = January 1, 1979

| term_end = July 31, 1985

| predecessor = Daniel P. Anderson

| successor = L. Edward Stengel

|state1 = Wisconsin

|state_senate1 = Wisconsin

|district1 = 20th

| term_start1 = January 2, 1961

| term_end1 = January 1, 1979

| predecessor1 = Harold F. Huibregtse

| successor1 = David W. Opitz

|state_assembly2 = Wisconsin

|district2 = Sheboygan 1st

| term_start2 = January 4, 1943

| term_end2 = January 1, 1945

| predecessor2 = Joseph M. Theisen

| successor2 = John Schneider Jr.

|party = Republican

|birth_date = {{birth date|1918|4|5}}

|birth_place = Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2001|5|23|1918|4|5}}

|death_place = Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S.

|restingplace = Wildwood Cemetery, {{nowrap|Sheboygan, Wisconsin}}

|spouse = {{marriage|Bertha L. Zurheide|1939|2001}}

|children = 2

|allegiance = United States

|branch = United States Army

|rank = 1st Sergeant

|battles = World War II

Pacific War

Korean War

}}

Ernest C. Keppler (April 5, 1918{{spaced ndash}}May 23, 2001) was an American lawyer, jurist, and Republican politician from Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. He served 18 years in the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 20th Senate district from 1961 to 1979, and then served six years as Wisconsin circuit court judge in Sheboygan County. Earlier in life, he also served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1943).

Biography

Born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Keppler graduated from the University of Wisconsin and received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Keppler served on the Sheboygan Common Council. In 1943, he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Keppler served in the United States Army during World War II and the Korean War. In 1961, Keppler began serving in the Wisconsin State Senate. In 1979, he was elected a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge, for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2505&keyword=keppler |title=Ernest Keppler |access-date=2011-03-03 |archive-date=2012-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107022924/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2505&keyword=keppler |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/acc/assembly_facts.htm |title=Facts about the Wisconsin State Assembly |access-date=2011-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413064733/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/acc/assembly_facts.htm |archive-date=2011-04-13 |url-status=dead }}

Keppler was married to Bertha Keppler. They had two children, Ernest Michael Keppler and Mary Keppler (Schmidt).

References

{{s-ttl|title = {{nowrap|Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly}} {{nowrap|from the Sheboygan 1st district}} |years= January 4, 1943{{spaced ndash}}January 1, 1945}}

{{s-ttl|title = {{nowrap|Member of the Wisconsin Senate}} {{nowrap|from the 20th district}} |years= January 2, 1961{{spaced ndash}}January 1, 1979}}

{{s-ttl|title = {{nowrap|Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge}} {{nowrap|for the Sheboygan Circuit, Branch 1}} |years= January 1, 1979{{spaced ndash}}July 31, 1985}}

Category:Politicians from Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni

Category:University of Wisconsin Law School alumni

Category:Wisconsin city council members

Category:Wisconsin circuit court judges

Category:Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Category:Republican Party Wisconsin state senators

Category:1918 births

Category:2001 deaths

Category:20th-century Wisconsin state court judges

Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature