Carl Zeidler (c.1906 - 1942) was the mayor of the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1940 to 1942. 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... This is a list of mayors of Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Categories: Lists of mayors | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Wisconsin politicians ... Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin, United States and the county of Milwaukee. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year. ...

Serving as an assistant city attorney in the late 1930s, Zeidler stunned the city when he upset six-term Socialist mayor Daniel Hoan to become mayor of Milwaukee in 1940. Hoan had served as mayor for the past 24 years. He was the first Democrat to become mayor of Milwaukee since 1906. His rise to power was orchestrated by Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch (later the author of Psycho). // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... Daniel Webster Hoan (1881 - 1961) was a United States politician. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Robert Albert Bloch (April 5, 1917 – September 23, 1994) was a prolific author of crime fiction, science fiction, and perhaps most influentially horror fiction, and a contributor to pulp magazines in his early career; also a prolific screenwriter. ... This article is about the novel and the movies based on it. ...

Zeidler was starting to distinguish himself on the national political scene when World War II broke out. He believed that he could best help the war effort by enlisting, so resigned his position as mayor and joined the Navy. He asked for the most dangerous job on ship and became an officer in charge of a gun battery on board the merchant ship SS La Salle. The ship and all hands were lost at sea off the coast of South Africa in December of 1942. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945 after the Allied atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... This article is about the year. ...

Carl's brother, Socialist Frank P. Zeidler would later also become mayor of Milwaukee. The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Frank P. Zeidler (born 1912) was a socialist mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1948 to 1960. ...

Zeidler was known as the "singing Mayor of Milwaukee" because wherever he went he always had a song for everyone, especially "God Bless America". God Bless America is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938. ...

See also

• List of mayors of Milwaukee

This is a list of mayors of Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Categories: Lists of mayors | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Wisconsin politicians ...

Daniel Webster Hoan (1881 - 1961) was a United States politician. ... This is a list of mayors of Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Categories: Lists of mayors | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Wisconsin politicians ...