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David G. Hooker was the 21st mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Biography

Hooker was born in Poultney, Vermont; reports have differed on the date. He graduated from Middlebury College and moved to Milwaukee in 1856. Later, he married Sarah P. Harris. They had three children before she died. In 1872, he married Julia Ashley. They also had three children. He would later become General Counsel of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Hooker died of heart disease on March 6, 1888, in Jacksonville, Florida. He was buried at Forest Home Cemetery.

Political career

Hooker was City Attorney of Milwaukee from 1867 to 1870. He was elected mayor in 1872 and served one term. Hooker was a Democrat.

References

1. "David G. Hooker". Milwaukee Public Library. Retrieved 2016-08-04.

External links

• David G. Hooker at Find a Grave
• The Political Graveyard

• 19th-century births
• 1888 deaths
• 19th-century mayors of places in Wisconsin
• Mayors of Milwaukee
• Wisconsin city attorneys
• People from Poultney (town), Vermont
• Middlebury College alumni
• Wisconsin Democrats