John Hunner (November 12, 1844 – May 19, 1918) was an American politician.
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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.
Buffalo is the second largest city in the U.S. state of New York and the largest city in Western New York. As of 2017, the population was 258,612. The city is the county seat of Erie County and a major gateway for commerce and travel across the Canada–United States border, forming part of the bi-national Buffalo Niagara Region.
Alma is a city in and the county seat of Buffalo County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 781 at the 2010 census. The city borders the Town of Alma and the Town of Nelson, the Town of Belvidere, and Greenfield Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota. The motto for the city of Alma is: "Step into Living History."
Eau Claire is a city in Chippewa and Eau Claire counties in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located almost entirely in Eau Claire County, for which it is the county seat, the city had a population of 65,883 at the 2010 census, making it the state's ninth-largest city. Eau Claire is the principal city of the Eau Claire, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the Eau Claire-Menomonie Combined Statistical Area.
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