Francis Burdett Stryker (December 11, 1811 – January 14, 1892) was an American carpenter, politician, and Mayor of Brooklyn.
When he was 14, shortly after his father died, he became an apprentice for Jeremiah Wells, a carpenter on Poplar Street and chief engineer of the village fire department.
Against the advice of his health officials, he personally went through the affected city wards and helped take care of the sick.
[3] After Stryker's term as County Clerk expired, he joined the newly formed Republican Party and was their first candidate for Mayor in 1856.
He had no regular business after 1875, and while he made a large fortune over the years he lost it all giving bad loans to friends.