William Henry Hiner (December 16, 1821April 29, 1880) was an American manufacturing businessman, and

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politician, and

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pioneer. He was the 14th mayor of

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, and represented Fond du Lac County for six years in the

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. He also served as president pro tempore of the Senate during the 1877 session.

Biography

Born in

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, he moved to

in 1850. He was one of the owners of the Union Iron Works in Fond du Lac. He served on the

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Board of Supervisors and on the Fond du Lac Common Council. Hiner also served as mayor of Fond du Lac. From 1872 until 1879, he served in the

, as a

, and also served as President pro tem of the Wisconsin Senate. He died in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in 1880.''Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin'', volume 9, Lyman Copeland Draper, Wisconsin Historical Society: 1909, Wisconsin Necology-1880, p. 448.

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