William Litterer (1834–1917) was an American Democratic politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, from 1890 to 1891.
Early life Litterer was born in Germany on August 24, 1834.Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN His father, Charles A. Litterer, taught at Heidelberg University. His brother was Charles A. Litterer. They came to the United States in 1847 with their parents and settled in Nashville in 1855.
Career Litterer worked as a maritime pilot on the Cumberland River.Marmaduke B. Morton, Last days of real steamboating on the Cumberland, NashvillePost.com, January 18, 2008
Litterer became Mayor pro tem after Mayor Charles P. McCarver resigned in October 1890. On February 10, 1891, he was elected Mayor, to complete the unexpired term of McCarver. As a result, he served as Mayor from 1890 to 1891.Nashville Library
In 1915, Litterer purchased the building of the University of Nashville Medical Department called the Litterer Laboratory (on the National Register of Historic Places since January 9, 1978) and donated it to Vanderbilt University.Rudolph Herman Kampmeier, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine: The Story in Pictures From Its Beginning to 1963, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1990, p. 24 The Centaur, Volumes 19-20, 1915, p. 179Vanderbilt University Quarterly, Volume 15, 1915, p. 85
Death Litterer died in December 1917. He is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.
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