Frederick A. MacDougall

{{Short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Frederick A. MacDougall

|image = Frederick Alexander MacDougall, 1863.jpg

|caption = MacDougall in 1863

|birth_name = Frederick Alexander MacDougall

|birth_date = {{birth date|1818|11|02}}

|birth_place = Scotland

|death_date = {{death date and age|1878|11|16|1818|11|02}}

|death_place = Los Angeles, California, US

|order = 14th

|office = Mayor of Los Angeles

|term_start = December 8, 1876

|term_end = November 16, 1878

|predecessor = Prudent Beaudry

|successor = Bernard Cohn

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Frederick Alexander MacDougall (November 2, 1818 – November 16, 1878) was the 14th Mayor of Los Angeles, from 1876 to 1878. He was a physician and the first Los Angeles Chief of Police. He died in 1878 in office and Bernard Cohn was appointed to be mayor for only 2 weeks.{{cite news|title=Mayor MacDougall's Funeral|url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18781119.2.15#|accessdate=November 11, 2014|publisher=Los Angeles Herald|date=November 19, 1878}}