Frederick W. Singleton
Frederick William Singleton (July 14, 1858 – March 31, 1941) was an American politician from New York.
Life[edit]
He was born on July 14, 1858, in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He attended Public School No. 15. Then he engaged in the insurance business.[1]
He entered politics as a Republican. He was a member of the Brooklyn Board of Aldermen from 1896 to 1897. He was President of the South Brooklyn Board of Trade from 1905 to 1907.[2] He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 12th D.) in 1912. In November 1912, he ran for re-election, but was defeated by Democrat William Pinkey Hamilton, Jr. Hamilton polled 5,040 votes, and Singleton polled 3,667.[3]
Afterwards Singleton worked until 1934 as an expert accountant for the New York City Department of Finance.
In 1937, he went to live with his daughter Helen M. Singleton in Riverside, Connecticut, where he died on March 31, 1941.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ REPUBLICANS PICK THEIR CANDIDATES FOR THE ASSEMBLY; Twelfth District in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 24, 1912
- ^ POWERFUL ORGANIZATIONS IN SOUTH BROOKLYN; Personnel of the South Brooklyn Board in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on April 7, 1907
- ^ New York Red Book (1913; pg. 145)
- ^ FREDERICK SINGLETON DIES, Ex-12TH A. D. ASSEMBLYMAN in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on April 1, 1941