Michael Keppele

{{Short description|American politician and lawyer in the 19th century}}

{{Infobox person/Wikidata|fetchwikidata=ALL}}Michael Keppele (September 9, 1771 – February 2, 1821){{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} was a lawyer, alderman, and mayor of Philadelphia, 1811–1812.

Graduated from the University of the State of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pennsylvania) in 1788.[http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/students1780s.html Penn Students in the 18th Century: Classes of 1780-1789, Univ. Pennsylvania]. He was admitted to the Philadelphia bar on September 18, 1792.History of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and of the Hibernian Society for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland: March 17, 1771-March 17, 1892, by John Hugh Campbell, published by Hibernian Society, 1892. In 1806, he became an alderman, replacing Michael Hillegas. He was elected mayor on October 15, 1811, and served a one-year term.{{Cite web|title=Mayors of Philadelphia|url=https://www.phila.gov/phils/Mayortxt.htm|access-date=2021-09-09|website=www.phila.gov}}

He died in Philadelphia.

Family

He married Catherine Caldwell (June 7, 1774 – August 23, 1862).

Their daughter Sarah Caldwell Keppele (1789–1877) married James Cornell Biddle (1795–1838), of the Philadelphia Biddle family in 1825. He was son of revolutionary war soldier Clement Biddle (1740–1814).{{cite web |title= Biddle family papers |publisher= University of Delaware Library |url = http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/findaids/biddle5.htm |accessdate = March 23, 2011 }}

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