{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = John L. Bohn | birth_name = John Louis Bohn | order = 40th | office = Mayor of Milwaukee | term_start = April 8, 1942 | term_end = April 20, 1948 | predecessor = Carl Zeidler | succeeded = Frank Zeidler | birth_date = 1869 | birth_place = Two Rivers, Wisconsin, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|04|20|1869}} | death_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | occupation = Politician | image = John Bohn (Milwaukee mayor) portrait (01721).jpg }}

'''John L. Bohn''' (1869 – April 20, 1955) was an American politician who served as mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1942 to 1948.

== Early life == John Louis Bohn, the son of German Lutheran immigrants, was born 1869 in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. <ref name="mpl_bohn">{{cite web |url=https://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/MilwMayors/id/71 |title= Milwaukee Mayors: John Louis Bohn |author=Milwaukee Public Library Digital Collections |accessdate=June 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8uxfTF4Lm-kC&dq=John+L.+Bohn+german&pg=PA753]"John L. Bohn, the son of German Luthern immigrants..."</ref>

== Career == Bohn was in the hotel and restaurant business in Michigan and Wisconsin. He served on the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors from 1898 to 1902. In 1916, Bohn was elected to the Milwaukee Common Council. He was president of the council when Mayor Carl Zeidler resigned in 1942 to serve in the U.S. Navy. Bohn became acting mayor after Zeidler's resignation. In 1944 Bohn was elected to a full mayoral term. In 1948, he was succeeded by Frank Zeidler, Carl Zeidler's brother.<ref name="mpl_bohn"/>

== Personal == On April 20, 1955, Bohn died from heart failure in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<ref>"John L. Bohn, Ex Mayor Dies at 87". ''Milwaukee Sentinel'', April 7, 1955, part 1, p. 1.</ref><ref>"Wedded 62 Years, Bohn Lost Zest for Life After Wife Died". ''Milwaukee Sentinel'', April 21, 1955, part 1, p. 14.</ref>

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{Find a Grave}}

{{S-start}} {{Succession box | before=Carl Zeidler| title=Mayor of Milwaukee| years=1942&ndash;1948| after=Frank Zeidler }} {{S-end}}

{{Mayors of the City of Milwaukee}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bohn, John}} Category:1867 births Category:1955 deaths Category:People from Two Rivers, Wisconsin Category:American people of German descent Category:Businesspeople from Wisconsin Category:Mayors of Milwaukee Category:Milwaukee Common Council members Category:County supervisors in Wisconsin Category:20th-century mayors of places in Wisconsin

{{Wisconsin-mayor-stub}}