Daniel Hoan

Daniel Webster Hoan ( born March 12, 1881 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, † June 11, 1961 in Milwaukee ) was an American politician. He was the second socialist mayor of Milwaukee; the duration of his term of office is considered the longest in the history of the United States, each of which holds a socialist in a public office.

Biography

Hoan left school early, but later attended night school and was admitted to the bar in 1908. When he joined the Socialist Party of America, he moved to Milwaukee, where he closely with Victor L. Berger, editor of the socialist newspaper Milwaukee Leader, worked. Both tried to convince the city of implement radical reforms ( free medical and educational services and renovation programs ).

1910 Emil Seidel was elected mayor of Milwaukee and was thus the first socialist leader of a large city in the United States. In the same year Hoan City Prosecutor and fought in the following six years, the corruption at the municipal officials. In 1916 he was elected mayor of the city. Unlike many members of the Socialist Party of America to Hoan turned not against the entry of the United States in the First World War. Hoan remained for 24 years mayor of the city.

During his tenure, the first bus system in the United States was introduced after numerous pedestrians of trams that went in the middle of the street, had been run over. A motorway system has been established under his leadership. However, the federal aid were a rarity. The system included the Hoan Bridge, was still construction of which commenced during his tenure. But the bridge was completed only in 1976 due to the Second World War and the lack of federal aid.

Hoan had a reputation as an honest and efficient administration. He was defeated in the 1940 mayoral election of Carl Zeidler and left a year later the Socialist Party. After that, he joined the Democratic Party. 1944 and 1946 he tried to become governor, but this was unsuccessful: he defeated the Republican incumbent in each case, Walter Samuel Goodland. In 1948, he also had no success in trying to become a second time mayor of Milwaukee. He was defeated in the election by the socialist candidate Frank P. Zeidler.

He was elected by Melvin Holli, the author of The American Mayor, and a group of experts on the eight best mayor in the history of the United States in 1999.

• Mayor (Milwaukee )
• Member of the Socialist Party of America
• Member of the Democratic Party (United States)
• Attorney (United States)
• Lawyer ( United States)
• Americans
• Born in 1881
• Died in 1961
• Man