| John L. Bohn | |
| Birth Name: | John Louis Bohn |
| Order: | 34th |
| Office: | Mayor of Milwaukee |
| Term Start: | April 8, 1942 |
| Term End: | April 20, 1948 |
| Predecessor: | Carl Zeidler |
| Succeeded: | Frank Zeidler |
| Birth Date: | 1869 |
| Birth Place: | Two Rivers, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Politician |
John L. Bohn (1869 - April 20, 1955) was an American politician who served as mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1942 to 1948.
John Louis Bohn, the son of German Lutheran immigrants, was born 1869 in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. [1] [2]
Bohn was in the hotel and restaurant business in Michigan and Wisconsin. He served on the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors from 1898 to 1902. In 1916, Bohn was elected to the Milwaukee Common Council. He was president of the council when Mayor Carl Zeidler resigned in 1942 to serve in the U.S. Navy. 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.[1]
On April 20, 1955, Bohn died from heart failure in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[3] [4]