John Bohn

John L. Bohn (August 2, 1872 – April 20, 1955) was an American politician who served as mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1942 to 1948.

Born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, Bohn was in the hotel and restaurant business in Michigan and Wisconsin. He served on the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors in 1898-1902. In 1916, Bohn was elected to the Milwaukee Common Council. John Bohn was president of Milwaukee's Common Council when Mayor Carl Zeidler resigned in 1942 to serve in the U.S. Navy and was lost at sea later in 1942 while serving in World War II; Bohn became acting mayor after Zeidler's resignation. In 1944 Bohn was elected to a full mayoral term. In 1948, he was succeeded by Frank Zeidler, Carl Zeidler's brother. Bohn died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.^[1]^[2]

Notes

↑ 'John L. Bohn, Ex Mayor Dies at 87, Milwaukee Sentinel, April 7, 1955, part 1, pg. 1
↑ 'Wedded 62 Years, Bohn Lost Zest for Life After Wife Died,' Milwaukee Sentinel, April 21, 1955, part 1, pg. 14

Preceded by Carl Zeidler	Mayor of Milwaukee 1942–1948	Succeeded by Frank Zeidler

Mayors of the City of Milwaukee

Juneau Wells Kilbourn Upham Walker Crocker Walker Kilbourn Cross Prentiss Page Lynde Brown Chase O'Neill Kirby Tallmadge O'Neill Phillips Ludington Hooker Ludington Butler Black Brown Stowell Wallber Brown Peck Somers Hase Koch Rauschenberger Rose Seidel Bading Hoan C. Zeidler Bohn F. Zeidler Maier Norquist Pratt Barrett

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