Frank S. Katzenbach

Frank Snowden Katzenbach, Jr.
Born	November 5, 1868 Trenton, New Jersey
Died	March 13, 1929 (aged 60) Trenton, New Jersey
Cause of death	Septicemia
Education	Princeton University Columbia Law School
Parent(s)	Frank Snowden Katzenbach, Sr. Augusta Mushbach

Frank Snowden Katzenbach, Jr. (November 5, 1868 – March 13, 1929) was an American jurist and Democratic party politician from New Jersey. He was an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Jersey in 1907.^[1] He was the brother of New Jersey Attorney General Edward L. Katzenbach and uncle of Nicholas Katzenbach, the United States Attorney General.

Biography

Katzenbach was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1868 to Frank Snowden Katzenbach, Sr. and Augusta Mushbach. He attended the Model School and graduated from Princeton University in 1889, studied law at Columbia Law School and in the office of James Buchanan. Katzenbach was elected alderman-at-large in Trenton in 1898, and then was elected Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey in 1901 and 1903.^[2]

At the Democratic State Convention of 1907, Katzenbach received the party's nomination for Governor of New Jersey. In the campaign against the Republican nominee John Franklin Fort, both candidates agreed on the creation of a public utilities commission, the enactment of civil service reform, and the adoption of direct primary elections.^[3] The election returns were extremely close, with many newspapers (including The New York Times) announcing the next day that Katzenbach had won.^[4] But late returns from Hudson County showed that Fort had eked out a victory.^[2]

Katzenbach continued practicing law until 1920, when he was appointed by Governor Edward Irving Edwards to the New Jersey Supreme Court. He served as a Justice until 1929.

He died in a Trenton, New Jersey hospital from septicemia caused by a leg infection. He was 60.^[1]

See also

• List of Justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
• New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
• Courts of New Jersey

References

1. "Justice Katzenbach Dies in Hospital. Blood Transfusion Fails to Save New Jersey Jurist Whose Leg Was Infected. Twice Mayor of Trenton. Ran Unsuccessfully for Governorship on Democratic Ticket in 1906. On Bench Eight Years. Eulogized by Federal Judges. Once Ran for Governor". New York Times. March 14, 1929. Retrieved 2011-09-22. Supreme Court Justice Frank S. Katzenbach of this city died at Mercer Hospital here at 5 o'clock this morning, after an illness of ten days due to septicaemia. He was 60 years old.
2. Scannell's New Jersey First Citizens, 1919-1920. J.J. Scannell, 1919.
3. Biography of John F. Fort, New Jersey State Library.
4. "Frank S. Katzenbach. The Governor-Elect Twice Mayor of Trenton — Elected on His Birthday.", The New York Times, November 6, 1907. Accessed June 15, 2008.