William H. F. Fiedler Explained

William H. F. Fiedler
State1:New Jersey
Term Start1:March 4, 1883
Term End1:March 3, 1885
Predecessor1:Phineas Jones
Successor1:Herman Lehlbach
Order2:18th
Office2:Mayor of Newark
Term Start2:1880
Term End2:1882
Predecessor2:Henry J. Yates
Successor2:Henry Lang
Birth Date:25 August 1847
Birth Place:New York City, New York
Death Place:Newark, New Jersey
Party:Democratic

William Henry Frederick Fiedler (August 25, 1847January 1, 1919) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1883 to 1885.

Biography

Fiedler was born in New York City on August 25, 1847. He moved to New Jersey with his parents, who settled in Newark. He attended the public and high schools, and apprenticed to the hat-finishing trade at the age of fifteen.

Political career

He was employed as a clerk and engaged in the retail hat and later in the men's clothing business. He was elected an alderman of Newark in 1876 and 1878, and was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1878 and 1879. He served as mayor of Newark from 1880 to 1882, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1881. He served again as a member of the General Assembly in 1882.

He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

Later career and death

After leaving Congress, he was appointed postmaster of Newark on March 29, 1886, and served until October 1, 1889. He resumed his former business pursuits until 1905, when he engaged in the real estate business and in banking. He was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor in 1904.

He died in Newark on January 1, 1919, and was interred in Fairmount Cemetery in Newark.

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