Frederick W. Bohnstedt
Frederick W. Bohnstedt (1825 – c. 1883) was an American jurist and Democratic party politician who served as the ninth Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey from 1867 to 1869.[2]
Frederick W. Bohnstedt | |
|---|---|
| 9th Mayor of Hoboken | |
| In office April 1867 – April 1869 | |
| Preceded by | Frederick B. Ogden |
| Succeeded by | Hazen Kimball |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1825 |
| Died | c. 1883[1] |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Hoboken, New Jersey |
Biography
He was born in 1825 in Germany. He was naturalized on October 22, 1852. In 1858 he was the Democratic party nominee for City Collector.[3]
He was elected the coroner for Hoboken, New Jersey in 1861.[4][5] His election as coroner served as an early example of German American political success in a city that was dominated by the Irish American political machine at that time.[6]
In 1864 he was secretary of the county Democratic convention
He served as a judge for the New Jersey Court of Common Pleas in 1867 before running for mayor.[7]
He was nominated for Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey in 1867.[8]
Commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the Hudson Brigade of the New Jersey Militia in 1868.[9]
By 1870 he was a circuit judge.[10]
Bohnstedt was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor in 1879 losing to Elbridge Van Syckel Besson.[11]
He died around 1883.
See also
- Frederick W. Bohnstedt in the 1870 census
References
- His will was filed for probate in 1883
- Winfield, Charles (1874). History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey: from its earliest settlement to the present time. New York, NY: Kennard & Hay Stationery M'fg and Print. Co. p. 319. Archive.org
- "New Jersey Items" (PDF). New York Times. April 10, 1858. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
- "The Election". New York Times. November 8, 1860. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
Coroners -- Thomas Gaffney, of Jersey City; Frederick W. Bohnstedt, Hoboken; and James H. Donnelly, Hudson City
- "The Supposed Murder At West Hoboken". New York Times. July 18, 1862. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
The inquest on the body of Martin Demarest, of the Fifty-third New-York Volunteers, who is supposed to have been murdered by shooting at the foot of Fox Hill, West Hoboken, was continued before Coroner F. W. Bohnstedt, of Hoboken, yesterday forenoon.
- Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson (2011). Immigrants in Hoboken: One-Way Ticket, 1845-1985. The History Press. ISBN 9781625842152.
- Gopsill's Jersey City and Hoboken Directory. 1866.
- "New Jersey Items". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
- Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New Jersey. State of New Jersey. 1868. p. 21.
- 1870 census for Hoboken, New Jersey
- "New Jersey Elections". The Evening Telegram. April 9, 1879. p. 1.