John Hunner | |
Office: | 11th Treasurer of Wisconsin |
Term Start: | January 5, 1891 |
Term End: | January 7, 1895 |
Governor: | George Wilbur Peck |
Predecessor: | Henry B. Harshaw |
Successor: | Sewell A. Peterson |
Birth Date: | 12 November 1844 |
Birth Place: | Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Resting Place: | Lakeview Cemetery, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Profession: | Politician, journalist |
John Hunner (November 12, 1844 – May 19, 1918) was an American politician.
Born in Buffalo, New York,[1] he moved to Alma, Wisconsin, in 1860,[1] where he was editor of the local paper and became the first president of the village of Alma. After the Civil War, Hunner moved to Eau Claire, Wisconsin,[1] where he was a grocer and became the editor of the local paper in 1871.[1] He was elected city clerk of Eau Claire. In 1890, Hunner was elected mayor of Eau Claire. He served as State Treasurer of Wisconsin from 1891 to 1895 and was a member of the Democratic Party.[2] He moved to Baltimore in 1917 after suffering a stroke, where he died two years later.[1] His remains were returned to Wisconsin and he was buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Eau Claire.