| Frederick W. Bohnstedt | |
| Birth Date: | c. 1825 |
| Death Date: | c. 1883[1] |
| Residence: | Hoboken, New Jersey |
| Office: | Mayor of Hoboken |
| Order: | 9th |
| Term Start: | April 1867 |
| Term End: | April 1869 |
| Predecessor: | Frederick B. Ogden |
| Successor: | Hazen Kimball |
| Party: | Democrat |
Frederick W. Bohnstedt (c. 1825 in Germany – 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]
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 https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00D1FFF3E5A1B7493C1A8178BD95F408684F9
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.