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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Leopold Caspari
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for principally [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]]
|term_start=1900
|term_end=1908
|preceded=Two members:
G. L. Trichel<br>
A. T. Liverman
|succeeded= B. W. Marston
|term_start2=1909
|term_end2=1914
|preceded2=B. W. Marston
|succeeded2=Charles Milton Cunningham
|office3=Louisiana State Representative for Natchitoches Parish
|term_start3=1884
|term_end3=1892
|preceded3=Two members:<br>
James H. Cosgrove<br>
R. E. Jackson
|succeeded3=M. R. Joyner<br>
T. L. Mathis
|birth_date=July 28, 1830
|birth_place=Lauterbourg, [[France]]
|death_place=[[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana, [[United States|USA]]
|death_date==March 11, 1915 (aged 84)
|spouse=Amanda Woods Caspari (married 1862-1883, her death)
|children=Richard L., Samuel, Joseph, David, Emanuel, Charles, Gustave, Julia Caspari Glover, and Dora Caspari
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrati]
|occupation=[[Business]]man; [[Banker]]
|religion=[[Jewish]]}}
'''Leopold Caspari''' (July 28, 1830 – March 11, 1915) was a [[France|French]]-born [[business]]man and [[politician]] from [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]]. In 1884, in his role as state representative, he was instrumental in the establishment of [[Northwestern State University]], then a teacher training normal school.<ref name=caspari>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/natchitoches/bios/casparil.txt|author=Gaytha Carver Thompson|title=Leopold Caspari in ''Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana''|publisher=Southern Publishing Company ([[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], and [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], 1890|accessdate=December 22, 2010}}</ref>
==Background==
Caspari was born in Lauterbourg in northeastern [[France]], to David Caspari (1800–1873) and the former Charlotte Baruch (1802–1844). He was a young [[apprentice]] in a dry goods store. In 1849 at the age of nineteen, five years after the death of his mother, and a year following the [[Revolution of 1848]],<ref name=caspari/> Caspari emigrated to the [[United States]]. He first settled as a merchant in Cloutierville in [[Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]] south of the city of [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], where he lived after 1858. He served in the [[Confederate States of America]] Army as a member of Pelican Rangers No. 1 at the rank of [[second lieutenant]]. By the end of the [[American Civil War]], he had been promoted to the rank of [[Captain]].<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-c/|title=Caspari, Leopold|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=December 28, 2019}}</ref>
==Public life==
In 1884, Caspari was elected as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] to the Louisiana House of Representatives and served two four-year terms, his tenure ending in 1892.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives]]|accessdate=December 28, 2019}}</ref> From 1900 to 1908, he served in the state Senate]]. After a year's absence, he returned to the Senate in 1909, when his immediate successor, B. W. Marston, resigned. Caspari remained in the Senate until 1914,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2020|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=December 28, 2019}}</ref> shortly before his death. At the time there were no term limits in the Louisiana legislature.
Caspari led the push to select Natchitoches as the site for Northwestern State University. He was a president of the People's Bank and the Red River Valley Railroad, both based in Natchitoches. He also engaged successfully in [[farming]]. For years, he was active in the Confederate veterans' organization, the [[Knights of Pythias]], and the anti-defamation league, [[B'nai B'rith]], a [[Jewish]] organization.<ref name=lahist/><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' bases its biographical sketch of Caspari on ''Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana'' and the obituary from''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'', March 12, 1915.</ref><ref>The exact dates for Caspari's legislative service listed in ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' are at odds with those in the Louisiana Secretary of State's office. This article uses the Secretary of State dates taken from the department's website.</ref>
Caspari also served for eight years on the Natchitoches Parish School Board.<ref name=caspari/>
==Personal life==
Caspari was married to the former Amanda Woods (died 1883). Their children were Richard L., Samuel, Joseph, David, Emanuel, Charles, Gustave, Julia, and Dora Caspari. He died in Natchitoches and is interred at the historic American Cemetery on Second Street across from the NSU that he worked to establish.<ref name=lahist/>
Caspari lost two grandsons in December 1903. Bertrand Leopold Glover (1896–1903) and Claude Alban Glover (1901–1903) died seventeen days apart at the ages of seven and two, respectively. Their mother was Julia Caspari "Julie" Glover (1864–1920).<ref>Burials at the American Cemetery in Natchitoches.</ref>
Caspari Hall and Caspari Street at NSU are named in his honor.
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Caspari, Leopold}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:France]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Bankers]]
[[Category:Farmers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Schools]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:American Jews]]
[[Category:American Civil War]]
|name=Leopold Caspari
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for principally [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]]
|term_start=1900
|term_end=1908
|preceded=Two members:
G. L. Trichel<br>
A. T. Liverman
|succeeded= B. W. Marston
|term_start2=1909
|term_end2=1914
|preceded2=B. W. Marston
|succeeded2=Charles Milton Cunningham
|office3=Louisiana State Representative for Natchitoches Parish
|term_start3=1884
|term_end3=1892
|preceded3=Two members:<br>
James H. Cosgrove<br>
R. E. Jackson
|succeeded3=M. R. Joyner<br>
T. L. Mathis
|birth_date=July 28, 1830
|birth_place=Lauterbourg, [[France]]
|death_place=[[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana, [[United States|USA]]
|death_date==March 11, 1915 (aged 84)
|spouse=Amanda Woods Caspari (married 1862-1883, her death)
|children=Richard L., Samuel, Joseph, David, Emanuel, Charles, Gustave, Julia Caspari Glover, and Dora Caspari
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrati]
|occupation=[[Business]]man; [[Banker]]
|religion=[[Jewish]]}}
'''Leopold Caspari''' (July 28, 1830 – March 11, 1915) was a [[France|French]]-born [[business]]man and [[politician]] from [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]]. In 1884, in his role as state representative, he was instrumental in the establishment of [[Northwestern State University]], then a teacher training normal school.<ref name=caspari>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/natchitoches/bios/casparil.txt|author=Gaytha Carver Thompson|title=Leopold Caspari in ''Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana''|publisher=Southern Publishing Company ([[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], and [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], 1890|accessdate=December 22, 2010}}</ref>
==Background==
Caspari was born in Lauterbourg in northeastern [[France]], to David Caspari (1800–1873) and the former Charlotte Baruch (1802–1844). He was a young [[apprentice]] in a dry goods store. In 1849 at the age of nineteen, five years after the death of his mother, and a year following the [[Revolution of 1848]],<ref name=caspari/> Caspari emigrated to the [[United States]]. He first settled as a merchant in Cloutierville in [[Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]] south of the city of [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], where he lived after 1858. He served in the [[Confederate States of America]] Army as a member of Pelican Rangers No. 1 at the rank of [[second lieutenant]]. By the end of the [[American Civil War]], he had been promoted to the rank of [[Captain]].<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-c/|title=Caspari, Leopold|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=December 28, 2019}}</ref>
==Public life==
In 1884, Caspari was elected as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] to the Louisiana House of Representatives and served two four-year terms, his tenure ending in 1892.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives]]|accessdate=December 28, 2019}}</ref> From 1900 to 1908, he served in the state Senate]]. After a year's absence, he returned to the Senate in 1909, when his immediate successor, B. W. Marston, resigned. Caspari remained in the Senate until 1914,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2020|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=December 28, 2019}}</ref> shortly before his death. At the time there were no term limits in the Louisiana legislature.
Caspari led the push to select Natchitoches as the site for Northwestern State University. He was a president of the People's Bank and the Red River Valley Railroad, both based in Natchitoches. He also engaged successfully in [[farming]]. For years, he was active in the Confederate veterans' organization, the [[Knights of Pythias]], and the anti-defamation league, [[B'nai B'rith]], a [[Jewish]] organization.<ref name=lahist/><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' bases its biographical sketch of Caspari on ''Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana'' and the obituary from''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'', March 12, 1915.</ref><ref>The exact dates for Caspari's legislative service listed in ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' are at odds with those in the Louisiana Secretary of State's office. This article uses the Secretary of State dates taken from the department's website.</ref>
Caspari also served for eight years on the Natchitoches Parish School Board.<ref name=caspari/>
==Personal life==
Caspari was married to the former Amanda Woods (died 1883). Their children were Richard L., Samuel, Joseph, David, Emanuel, Charles, Gustave, Julia, and Dora Caspari. He died in Natchitoches and is interred at the historic American Cemetery on Second Street across from the NSU that he worked to establish.<ref name=lahist/>
Caspari lost two grandsons in December 1903. Bertrand Leopold Glover (1896–1903) and Claude Alban Glover (1901–1903) died seventeen days apart at the ages of seven and two, respectively. Their mother was Julia Caspari "Julie" Glover (1864–1920).<ref>Burials at the American Cemetery in Natchitoches.</ref>
Caspari Hall and Caspari Street at NSU are named in his honor.
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Caspari, Leopold}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:France]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Bankers]]
[[Category:Farmers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Schools]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:American Jews]]
[[Category:American Civil War]]