Conrad Diehl (1843–1918) was

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of the City of

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, serving from 1898 to 1901. He was born in Buffalo on July 17, 1843. He graduated from the

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with a medical degree in 1866. On May 5, 1869, he married Caroline Trautmann in New York City; she died in 1888 and he remarried in 1892 to Lois Masten, head nurse at Buffalo General Hospital. From 1870 to 1878, he was

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and major of the 65th Regiment, of the

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. From 1874 on, he was either attending or consulting physician at Buffalo General Hospital. Diehl was elected mayor of Buffalo on November 2, 1897, as the Democratic candidate. In 1898, an amendment to extend the Mayor's term to four years was adopted. During his term, the world saw the first successful generation and transmission of electricity by the power of

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to Buffalo. In addition, the city was in the throes of preparing for the

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. Mayor Diehl had formally invited President

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to the Exposition and was with him when he was struck down by

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. He did not run for re-election. After his term, he returned to private life and his medical practice. He died on February 20, 1918.

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