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Daniel Webster Hoan

Daniel Webster Hoan (born ?) is a United States politician. He became the second socialist Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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. Longest serving Mayor of Milwaukee. A highway system was started under his administration but federal funding was scarce. The system included the Hoan bridge that was started during his administration but delays due to World War II and federal funding caused it lead to nowhere until 1976.

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