Ludwig Alexander Frederich Wilhelm Von Cotzhausen (February 2, 1827 – July 10, 1899) was a German American immigrant, businessman, and politician.
[2] He was briefly involved in politics, and was elected to the Milwaukee City Council and the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1857, running on the Democratic Party ticket.
He voted in favor of a Republican investigation into fraud in the land grant process, and, as a result, was kicked out of the Democratic caucus.
His father acted as president of the College of Electors during the reign of Napoleon, and was created as a baron under the laws of the French Empire.
Castle Kambach, where Alexander was born, had been purchased and renovated by their ancestor Johann Bernhard von Cotshausen in 1701, and was passed down to Frederick's father.