Daniel Hoan
| Daniel Hoan | |
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| 32nd Mayor of Milwaukee | |
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In office 1916–1940 |
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| Preceded by | Gerhard Adolph Bading (D/R) |
| Succeeded by | Carl Zeidler (D) |
| Milwaukee City Attorney | |
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In office 1910–1916 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Daniel Webster Hoan March 12, 1881 Waukesha, Wisconsin |
| Died | June 11, 1961 (aged 80) Milwaukee |
| Political party |
Socialist (until 1940) Democratic (to 1961) |
| Profession | Labor attorney |
Daniel Webster Hoan (March 12, 1881 – June 11, 1961) was a United States lawyer and politician. He served as Milwaukee City Attorney from 1910 until 1916 and as the 32nd Mayor of Milwaukee from 1916 until 1940. A prominent figure in Socialist politics, Hoan was the second Socialist mayor of Milwaukee and a prominent practitioner of Sewer Socialism. His 24-year administration remains the longest period of Socialist governance in United States history.
Hoan was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on March 12, 1881 to Daniel Webster Hoan and Margaret A. (Hood) Hoan. He left school early, but studied at evening classes and in 1908 qualified as a lawyer.
A member of the Socialist Party, Hoan moved to Milwaukee where he worked closely with Victor Berger, the editor of the Socialist daily, the Milwaukee Leader, in trying to persuade the city to adopt radical reforms. This included municipal ownership of utilities, urban renewal programs, and free legal, medical and educational services.
Hoan married Agnes B. Magner (born 1885 in Illinois and died in 1941). They had two children: a son, Daniel Webster (born 1910) and a daughter, Agnes (born about 1916). After his first wife's death, Hoan married Gladys L. Arthur Townsand on April 7, 1944 in Delaware, Indiana. He was 63 and she was 43 years old at the time.
Hoan began his political career with his election to city attorney for Milwaukee in 1910. He won the election by a plurality of more than 7300 votes out of about 59,000 votes cast over Democratic and Republican opponents. This was the same year Emil Seidel was elected mayor of Milwaukee as the first socialist leader of a major city in the United States. Over the next six years, Hoan clamped down on the corruption of public officials.
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