Frederick W. Wurster

Frederick W. Wurster (April 1, 1850 – June 24, 1917)[1] was a Republican Party politician who served as the mayor of the city of Brooklyn, New York, between 1896 and 1897.

[5] As Wurster took office in January 1896, the City of Brooklyn's expansion to encompass all of Kings County was completed with the annexation of Flatlands.

[6] The Brooklyn Eagle obituary of Wurster described his administration "as precisely what might have been expected from a straightforward business man of good judgment, who had never had any training to develop political initiative.

"[7] Wurster opposed consolidation with New York City, but believed it was inevitable, and as mayor supported a plan to have trolley cars installed on the Brooklyn Bridge.

[7][11] Ill from strokes suffered in the prior year, Wurster died at his summer home in Belgrade Lakes, Maine on June 24, 1917.