Samuel J. Halloin (March 20, 1923 - January 11, 2013) was an American politician who served as the Mayor of

Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The county seat of Brown County, it is at the head of Green Bay (known locally as "the bay of Green Bay"), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is above sea lev ...

from 1979 to 1995. Halloin, who served for four consecutive terms, is the second longest-serving Mayor of Green Bay in history.

Biography

Halloin was born on March 20, 1923, to Louis Joseph and Laura Halloin in Lincoln, Wisconsin. Political Graveyard
/ref> Halloin attended, but never finished college, which he described as his one major regret. Halloin served in the

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during

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. He was a participant in the

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invasion of

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and the liberation of the

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. He married Isabelle Mastriocola on June 18, 1949. He was elected to the Green Bay City Council for the first time in 1962. He served for eight terms as an

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and supervisor representing Green Bay's west side. Halloin served as the city's mayor for sixteen years from 1979 to 1995. During his tenure, Halloin obtained funding for the construction of a new Walnut Street Bridge, which crosses the Fox River. Halloin helped to upgrade

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, the home

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of the

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, and acquired land for the present-day riverwalk along the Fox River. He declined to seek re-election in 1995 and retired from office after four-consecutive, four-year terms. He was succeeded by

Paul Jadin Paul F. Jadin (born May 2, 1955) was the 40th mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin, from 1995 to 2003. Electoral history Jadin won his first general election with 55% of the vote and was the first mayor of Green Bay in over fifty years to run for re- ...

. Sam Halloin died on January 11, 2013, at the age of 89. His wife, Isabelle, died in 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Halloin, Samuel J. 1923 births 2013 deaths Mayors of Green Bay, Wisconsin Wisconsin city council members United States Army soldiers United States Army personnel of World War II People from Kewaunee County, Wisconsin