Zeidler, Carl
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Birthname | Carl Frederick Zeidler | ||||
born on | 4 January 1908 at 19:30 (= 7:30 PM ) | ||||
Place | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 43n02, 87w54 | ||||
Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Carl Zeidler
(Pinback button from his 1940 mayoral campaign)
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Biography
American Democratic politician, who served as the mayor of the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1940 to 1942, winning election by unseating six-term Socialist mayor Dan Hoan. Zeidler was known as the "Singing Mayor of Milwaukee" because wherever he went he always had a song for every meeting or occasion, especially "God Bless America." After just two years in office Zeidler resigned his position as mayor to enlist in the United States Navy Reserve to fight in World War II. His merchant marine ship and all hands were lost off the coast of South Africa on 11 December 1942. He was 34.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Bloch, Robert (born 5 April 1917)
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate.
Categories
- Vocation : Military : Combat
- Vocation : Military : Killed
- Vocation : Military : Military service (WWII)
- Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation (Democratic)
- Vocation : Politics : Public office