Emil Wallber

The Honorable
Emil Wallber
27th Mayor of Milwaukee
In office
April 1884 – April 1888
Preceded byJohn M. Stowell
Succeeded byThomas H. Brown
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Milwaukee 6th district
In office
January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873
Preceded byDaniel H. Richards
Succeeded byCasper Sanger
Personal details
Born(1841-05-01)May 1, 1841
Berlin, Prussia
DiedJune 2, 1923(1923-06-02) (aged 82)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeForest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Minna Wallber
(died 1914)
Children
  • Emma Henriette Wallber
  • (b. 1876; died 1881)
Parents
  • Julius Wallber (father)
  • Henrietta (Krohn) Wallber (mother)
ProfessionLawyer, judge
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Emil Wallber (April 1, 1841 – June 2, 1923) was a German American lawyer and judge. He was the Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the time of the Bay View massacre and labor strike, and adopted the city's first ordinance on an eight-hour work day.