Frederick L. Schmersahl

Frederick L. Schmersahl
11th Mayor of Hoboken
In office
April 1871 – April 1873
Preceded by Hazen Kimball
Succeeded by Peter McGavisk
Personal details
Born 1826
Bremen, Germany
Residence Hoboken, New Jersey

Frederick L. Schmersahl (born 1826) was an American merchant and politician who served two terms as the eleventh mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey from 1871-1873.[1]

Biography

Schmersahl was born in 1826 in Bremen, Germany.[2] He was a partner, along with Louis Wittpenn, in a liquor and wine wholesale business in New York City.[3] He served on the Hoboken City Council in 1866.[4] Schmersahl was rejected by the Hoboken Democratic convention as a candidate for mayor in 1871, but was reported to run independently.[5] He was elected as a Republican in 1871, and re-elected as the candidate of both parties in 1872.[6] Schmersahl ran as an independent candidate in 1873 and was defeated by Democrat Peter McGavisk.[7]

References

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ "Individual Record". FamilySearch.org. Intellectual Reserve, Inc.. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/Census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_9319732_0&frompage=99. Retrieved January 11, 2011. 
  3. ^ "The Charge Against the Mayor of Hoboken". The New York Times. November 23, 1871. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F50914FA3D5D1A7493C1AB178AD95F458784F9. Retrieved January 11, 2011. 
  4. ^ Costa, Isaac (1866). Gopsill's Jersey City and Hoboken directory for the year ending 30th April, 1867. Gopsill. p. 428. http://books.google.com/books?id=QIM-AAAAYAAJ&dq=schmersahl%20hoboken&pg=PA428#v=onepage&q=schmersahl&f=false. Retrieved January 11, 2011. 
  5. ^ "Hoboken Democratic Convention - Nominations for City Officers". The New York Times. April 5, 1971. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F10812FD3B5A1B7493C7A9178FD85F458784F9. Retrieved January 11, 2011. 
  6. ^ "Jersey City and Hoboken elections". The New York Times. April 10, 1872. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F10815F93C5D1A7493C2A8178FD85F468784F9. Retrieved January 11, 2011. 
  7. ^ "New-Jersey Elections; Returns for Jersey City, Hoboken, New-Brunswick and other Towns". The New York Times. April 10, 1873. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40615FE3C5F1A7493C2A8178FD85F478784F9. Retrieved January 11, 2011. 
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