Frederick W. Bohnstedt (c. 1825 in Germany – c. 1883) was an American jurist and Democratic party politician who served as the ninth Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey from 1867 to 1869.
[4][5] His election as coroner served as an early example of German American political success in a city that was dominated by the Irish American political machine at that time.
[6] In 1864 he was secretary of the county Democratic convention [1] He served as a judge for the New Jersey Court of Common Pleas in 1867 before running for mayor.
[8] Commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the Hudson Brigade of the New Jersey Militia in 1868.
[10] Bohnstedt was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor in 1879 losing to Elbridge Van Syckel Besson.