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Frederick William Singleton (July 14, 1858 – March 31, 1941) was an American politician from New York. ==Life== 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.〔(''REPUBLICANS PICK THEIR CANDIDATES FOR THE ASSEMBLY; Twelth District'' ) in the ''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'' on August 24, 1912〕 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.〔(''POWERFUL ORGANIZATIONS IN SOUTH BROOKLYN; Personnel of the South Brooklyn Board'' ) in the ''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'' on April 7, 1907〕 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.〔(''New York Red Book'' ) (1913; pg. 145)〕 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.〔(''FREDERICK SINGLETON DIES, Ex-12TH A. D. ASSEMBLYMAN'' ) in the ''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'' on April 1, 1941〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frederick W. Singleton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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