John Frederick Ficken
48th Mayor of Charleston
In office
1891–1895
Preceded byGeorge D. Bryan
Succeeded byJames Adger Smyth
Personal details
BornJune 16, 1843
Charleston, South Carolina
Political partyDemocrat
SpouseMargaret B. Horlbeck
ChildrenHenry Horlbeck Ficken
Alma materCollege of Charleston
Professionlawyer

John F. Ficken was the forty-eighth mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, completing one term from 1891 to 1895. Ficken was born on June 16, 1843, in Charleston to Prussian immigrants Frederick Ficken and Barbara Beversen.[1]

References

  1. ^ He enrolled in the College of Charleston, but he joined the Confederate military at the outbreak of the Civil War. Ficken was given leave from active duty to complete his college education; he received an A.B. degree in 1864 and rejoined active duty. After the war ended, he began practicing law in Charleston and travelled to Germany for a year in 1869 to study civil law at the University of Berlin. From 1877 to December 1891, when he assumed the mayorship of Charleston, Ficken served in the South Carolina statehouse as a representative. He did not stand for re-election in 1891. In 1902, he became president of the South Carolina Loan & Trust Co.Hemphill, James Calvin (1907). "Men of Mark in South Carolina (vol. 1)". Men of Mark Publishing Co. p. 112. Retrieved January 18, 2014.

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