Mayor of Milwaukee, 1917-1941; elected as a Socialist, in the 1940s he became a Progressive and finally a member of the Democratic party. His administration was marked by a crackdown on corruption and by a number of progressive reforms in public housing and health. View more information elsewhere at wisconsinhistory.org.

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[Source: Wisconsin Necrology, Vol. 52, pages 58-60.Wisconsin Necrology, Vol. 52, pages 58-60.]