Daniel Hoan

Milwaukee's Socialist mayor from 1916 to 1940, Hoan led what critics called 'sewer socialism': clean water, public sewerage, municipal markets, public housing cooperatives and an honest, efficient administration that kept the city's debt low. Milwaukee was repeatedly ranked among the best-run cities in the country, and he paid down debt during the Depression. The practical, unglamorous socialism contrasts with the ideological fights of his party nationally.