Background
Hoan, Daniel Webster was born on March 12, 1881 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Daniel Webster and Margaret Augusta (Hood) Hoan.
Hoan, Daniel Webster was born on March 12, 1881 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Daniel Webster and Margaret Augusta (Hood) Hoan.
Bachelor of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1905, Doctor of Laws, 1939. Student Chicago Kent College Law, 1905-1906.
Practiced in Milwaukee, since 1907. Attorney for Wisconsin State Federation Labor, 1908-1910. Directed fight which resulted in Wisconsin Workmen’s State Compensation Act, the first of its kind in the United States.
City attorney Milwaukee, 1910-1916. Mayor of Milwaukee, 1916-1940. Chief of field operations, associate director National Civilian Defense.
Author: The Failure of Regulation, 1913. City Government, 1936.
Member American Committee for International Union of Local. Member board Inter-American Commision on International Cooperation. Member Executive Committee, president League Wisconsin Municipalities.
Member Milwaukee Bar Association Knights of Pythias, Elk, Eagle, Modern Woodmen American. Club: South Side Community.
Married Gladys Arthur, April. Children: Daniel Webster, Agnes Bernice.