Career
He served as California State Treasurer in 1871-1875. In 1869, the San Francisco Directory listed Ferdinand Baehr as a manufacturing jeweler with the firm Baehr William & Company
Ferdinand Baehr married Augusta Catharine Scroder in 1857. Ferdinand Baehr became California State Treasurer after winning elections on Republican ticket on September 6, 1871, and served as State Treasurer until September 7, 1875, when he lost after running as an independent candidate.
