{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = John Schnierle |order = 34th Mayor of Charleston |term_start = April 18, 1842 |term_end = 1846 |term_start2 = 1850 |term_end2 = 1852 |predecessor=Jacob F. Mintzing |successor=Thomas Leger Hutchinson |predecessor2=Thomas Leger Hutchinson |successor2=Thomas Leger Hutchinson |birth_date = May 15, 1808 |birth_place = Charleston, SC |death_date = {{death date and age|1861|4|14|1808|5|15}} |death_place = Charleston, South Carolina |profession = Lawyer |spouse = Eliza Susan Reed Horsey }}
'''John Schnierle''' (1808–1861) was the thirty-fourth mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, serving from 1842 to 1846. He was sworn into another term as mayor of Charleston on September 6, 1843.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=P57E43EBMTM5MDM1MzczMy4zODIyODA6MToxNDoxOTIuMTUyLjI0OS4yOQ&p_action=doc&f_content=body&p_queryname=16&p_docnum=20&p_docref=v2:10FF2B6D82402430@EANX-11B2D5F23941FD50@2394451-11B2D5F25294D218@1-11B2D5F294BC7CA8@Proceedings%20of%20Council | title=Proceedings of Council | work=Southern Patriot | date=September 7, 1843 | accessdate=January 21, 2014 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=2}}</ref> While mayor, he lived at 31 Pitt Street. He died on April 14, 1861. In September 1851, he defeated T. Leger Hutchinson by a vote of 1,334 to 1,282.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=V68E54KSMTM5MDM2NTM1Ni4xMTE1NDoxOjE0OjE5Mi4xNTIuMjQ5LjI5&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=13&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=13&p_docnum=1&p_docref=v2:1223BCE5B718A166@EANX-1225C784466636D0@2397378-12242F9E494C7A58@1-124183AAACAB7603@%5BCharleston%3B%20Gen.%20Schnlerie%3B%20T.%20Leger%20Hutchinson%5D | title=The election in Charleston, South Carolina | work=The Daily Picayune | date=September 12, 1851 | accessdate=January 21, 2014 | location=New Orleans, Louisiana | pages=2}}</ref>
[[Image:31 Pitt.jpg|thumb|At least during his second term as mayor of Charleston, Schnierle lived at 31 Pitt Street.]]
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{{S-start}} {{Succession box | before = Jacob F. Mintzing | title = Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina | years = 1842–1846 | after = Thomas Leger Hutchinson }} {{Succession box | before = Thomas Leger Hutchinson | title = Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina | years = 1850–1852 | after = Thomas Leger Hutchinson }} {{S-end}} {{Mayors of Charleston, South Carolina}}
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