Charles W. Schroeder

Charles W. Schroeder (about 1853–1903) served two terms on the Los Angeles, California, Common Council, the legislative branch of the city, in the 1880s. He also was a civil engineer for the Southern Pacific railroad. They had two daughters, Mrs. Hazel C. Blandford and Mrs. Martha Gristock, who operated the Webb Hotel at 642 Crocker Street.

Elected to two one-year terms, Schroeder represented the 1st Ward on the Los Angeles Common Council, the legislative branch of the city, serving from December 9, 1882, to December 8, 1884.

He died October 23, 1903, at the Patton Insane Asylum, where he had been living since he was committed October 13, 1894, on complaint of his wife.

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