Frank Zeidler

Frank Zeidler
41st Mayor of Milwaukee
In office
April 20, 1948 – April 18, 1960
Preceded byJohn Bohn
Succeeded byHenry Maier
Personal details
Born
Frank Paul Zeidler

(1912-09-20)September 20, 1912
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedJuly 7, 2006(2006-07-07) (aged 93)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Political partySocialist
Socialist Party USA
RelativesCarl Zeidler (brother)
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Marquette University
University of Wisconsin

Frank Paul Zeidler (September 20, 1912 – July 7, 2006) was an American socialist politician and mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving three terms from April 20, 1948, to April 18, 1960. Zeidler, a member of the Socialist Party of America, is the most recent Socialist Party candidate to be elected mayor of a large American city.[1][2]

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