Daniel Webster Hoan (1881 - 1961) was a United States politician. He became the second socialist mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and his tenure is generally considered to be the longest continuous socialist administration in U.S. history. He was the second-longest serving mayor of Milwaukee. 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... County Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, (D) Congressional Rep. ...

Hoan was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin in 1881. He left school early but he studied at evening classes and in 1908 qualified as a lawyer. Waukesha is a city located in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

A member of the Socialist Party, Hoan moved to Milwaukee where he worked closely with Victor Berger, the editor of the radical newspaper, 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. Socialist Party is the name of several different political parties around the world that are explicitly called Socialist though some are Social Democratic and some are not. ... This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ... Victor Luitpold Berger (February 28, 1860 - August 7, 1929) was a United States politician and a founding member of the Socialist Party of America. ...

In 1910 Emil Seidel was elected mayor of Milwaukee and became the first socialist leader of a major city in the United States. The following year Hoan became Milwaukee's city attorney and over the next six years he clamped down on the corruption of public officials. In 1917 Hoan was elected as mayor of Milwaukee. Unlike many members of the Socialist Party, Hoan supported United States entry into the First World War. 1910 in topic: Arts Architecture- Art- Film- Literature- Music- Television Science and technology Aviation- Rail transport- Science Other topics Australia- Canada- Ireland- South Africa- Sport Births- Deaths Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious leaders 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Emil Seidel (December 13, 1864-June 24, 1947) was born in Ashland, Pennsylvania. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

Hoan remained mayor for twenty-four years, the longest continuous Socialist administration in United States history. He brought in a large number of progressive reforms including the country's first public housing project, Garden Homes, started in 1923. Hoan also led the successful drive towards municipal ownership of the stone quarry, street lighting, sewage disposal and water purification. 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

During his administration the first bus system in the United States came into being after a number of pedestrians were run over by street trolleys that ran down the middle of the road. A highway system was started under his administration but federal funding was scarce. The system included the Hoan Bridge, which was started during his administration but, due to delays from World War II and federal funding, remained uncompleted until 1976. The downtown approach ramps to the bridge were used in the making of the film, The Blues Brothers. The bridge was closed on December 13, 2000, after a major crack was discovered in a steel girder in the northbound span, which sagged about 4 feet. It was repaired a year later. The Hoan Bridge The Daniel Hoan Memorial Bridge is a long span bridge that connects Interstate 794 in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin to the Lake Freeway across the inner harbor. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Hoan developed a reputation for honest and efficient government. In 1999, Melvin Holli, the author of The American Mayor, and a group of experts on local government, voted Hoan as the eighth best mayor in United States history. Holli wrote: "Although this self-identified socialist had difficulty pushing progressive legislation through a nonpartisan city council, he experimented with the municipal marketing of food, backed city-built housing, and in providing public markets, city harbor improvements, and purging graft from Milwaukee politics. Perhaps Hoan's most important legacy was cleaning up the free-and-easy corruption that prevailed before he took office."

Hoan was defeated in 1940 and three years later left the Socialist Party and joined the Democratic Party. He ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1944 and 1946. In 1948 he was unsuccessful in his attempt to once again become mayor of Milwaukee when he was defeated by the socialist candidate, Frank P. Zeidler. Daniel Webster Hoan died in 1961. 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... There are many political parties of diverse political orientation called the Democratic Party or similar. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Frank P. Zeidler (born 1912) was a socialist mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1948 to 1960. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

See also

• List of mayors of Milwaukee

This is a list of mayors of Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Categories: Lists of mayors | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Wisconsin politicians ...

Gerhard Adolph Bading (August 31, 1870 – April 11, 1946) was an American politician who served as mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1912 to 1916 and U.S. Minister to Ecuador from 1922 to 1929. ... This is a list of mayors of Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Categories: Lists of mayors | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Wisconsin politicians ... Carl Zeidler (c. ...