Cause of death heart disease Term 1900–1905 Predecessor Gustav Tafel Net worth $20 million at death Political party Republican Party | Occupation businessman Nationality American Name Julius Fleischmann Employer Fleischmann's Yeast | |
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Full Name Julius Augustus Fleischmann Born June 8, 1871 ( 1871-06-08 ) Cincinnati, Ohio Title Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio Role Charles Louis Fleischmann's son Died February 5, 1925, Miami, Florida, United States | ||
Parents Charles Louis Fleischmann | ||
Julius Augustus Fleischmann (June 8, 1871 – February 5, 1925) was an American businessman, the long-time president of Fleischmann's Yeast, and a former mayor of Cincinnati. A bon vivant, sailor, and sportsman, he was the son of yeast magnate Charles Louis Fleischmann.
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Biography
Fleischmann was born in Cincinnati to Austria-born Hungarian Charles Louis Fleischmann and his Prussian-born wife Henriette Robertson.
Julius left college to become General Manager of Fleischmann's Yeast in 1894 when he was 22 years old. He became president of the company in 1897, overseeing the company's expansion.
Among the many interests of the Fleischmann family was major league baseball. In 1898, Fleischman financed the semiprofessional baseball team, the Cincinnati Shamrocks, which included the future Hall of Fame manager Miller Huggins. In 1900, Huggins played for Fleischmann's semiprofessional team based in the Catskill Mountains, the Mountain Tourists. Julius Fleischmann was also involved in thoroughbred horses, along with his father and his brother Max, under the name Charles Fleischmann and Sons.
He became Cincinnati's youngest mayor in 1900, at age 28. He was re-elected once, and served until 1905. Under his mayorship, Cincinnati's police force became known as one of the best in the nation. As mayor, Fleischmann promoted education, created public parks, and supported continued investment in local railroad lines. A staunch Republican, Fleischmann later served three times as a delegate to the Republican National Convention.
In May 1914, Fleischmann gave Fleischmanns Park to the village of Fleischmanns, New York. The park, which dominated the north side of Wagner Avenue in Fleischmanns, was formerly known as the Mountain Athletic Club. It was where the town's semiprofessional baseball players came to get in shape before the start of the regular season. (One of the town's players was the future Hall of Famer Honus Wagner.) Stipulations of Julius' gift were that it always be used as a park and athletic grounds, that it always be kept in good condition, that it never be sold or sublet, and always be of free access to the public.
Fleischmann was initiated as a national honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity in 1914.
He died of heart disease on February 5, 1925, while playing polo in Miami.
Personal life and family
Fleischmann was married two times, to Lily Ackerland from 1893–1920, with whom he had three children; Laura G. Hemingway from 1920 –1924;
His son Julius Fleischmann, Jr. (1900–1968) was among other things a philanthropist who founded World Art, Inc. (directed by Serge Denham), an organization devoted to sponsoring cultural organizations. In 1937, World Art financed the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, which launched its first season in 1938.