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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyWilliam Henry Frederick FIEDLER
(1847-1919)
FIEDLER, William Henry
Frederick, a Representative from New Jersey; born in New
York City, August 25, 1847; moved to New Jersey with his parents,
who settled in Newark; attended the public and high schools;
apprenticed to the hat-finishing trade at the age of fifteen;
employed as clerk and engaged in the retail hat and later in the
men’s clothing business; elected an alderman of Newark in
1876 and 1878; member of the State house of assembly in 1878 and
1879; mayor of Newark 1880-1882; unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1881; again a member of the State house of assembly
in 1882; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March
4, 1883-March 3, 1885); unsuccessful candidate for reelection;
appointed postmaster of Newark, N.J., March 29, 1886, and served
until October 1, 1889; resumed his former business pursuits until
1905, when he engaged in the real estate business and in banking;
unsuccessful candidate for mayor in 1904; died in Newark, N.J.,
January 1, 1919; interment in Fairmount Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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