| Office: | Mayor of St. Petersburg |
| Birth Date: | 12 November 1916 |
| Party: | Democratic (after 1972) |
| Termstart1: | 1961 |
| Termend1: | 1967 |
| Termstart2: | 1971 |
| Termend2: | 1973 |
| Predecessor1: | Edward F. Brantley |
| Successor1: | Don Jones |
| Predecessor2: | Don L. Spicer |
| Successor2: | Randolph Wedding |
| Otherparty: | Republican (until 1972) |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Alma Mater: | Miami University Western Reserve University Harvard Business School |
| Children: | 2 |
Herman Wilson Goldner (November 12, 1916 – September 9, 2010) was a lawyer and politician in the United States. He served four terms as mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida. Originally a Republican, he switched parties and became a Democrat during Richard Nixon's presidency.[1]
Goldner was born on November 12, 1916, in Detroit, Michigan.[2] He received his undergraduate degree at Miami University, law degree at Western Reserve University, and business degree from Harvard Business School. Goldner moved to St. Petersburg in 1949.[3] [4]
He served as Mayor of St. Petersburg from 1961 to 1967 and 1971 to 1973.[5] In the 1964 election, he refused to support Barry Goldwater and instead endorsed Lyndon B. Johnson. He helped organize a regional planning organization.[6]
Goldner championed the elimination of St. Petersburg city ordinances that practiced segregation. He defended murals by George Snow Hill in St. Petersburg's city hall[7] with caricatured depictions of African Americans. The mural was torn down by Joseph Waller who later became African People's Socialist Party leader Omali Yeshitela.[8]
In 1972, he switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democratic and endorsed Edmund Muskie.[9]
He married his wife Winifred Herlan Munyan, on November 3, 1938.[10] They both had two sons, Brian and Michael.