Ferdinand William Baehr (1822–1892) was a Republican politician from California.
He served as California State Treasurer in 1871–1875.
In 1869, the San Francisco Directory listed Ferdinand Baehr as a manufacturing jeweler with the firm Baehr William & Co.[1] Ferdinand Baehr married Augusta Catharine Scroder in 1857.
[2] They had a son William Baehr Jr.,[3] who became a partner in the firm A. Gerberding & Co.[4] Ferdinand Baehr became California State Treasurer after winning elections on Republican ticket on September 6, 1871, and served as state treasurer until September 7, 1875,[5] when he lost after running as an independent candidate.
[6] This article about a California politician is a stub.