. History of Milwaukee, city and county . Cream city he was engaged in the insurance business for a number ofyears. He served for four years in the Fifty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry dur-ing the Civil war and at all times he was a most loyal supporter of those interests andactivities which he deemed factors in the upbuilding and development of communityand William Frawley Hannan obtained his education in the public schools of Milwau-kee and passing through consecutive grades is numbered among the graduates of theWest Division high school. He is also a graduate of the Univ
. History of Milwaukee, city and county . Cream city he was engaged in the insurance business for a number ofyears. He served for four years in the Fifty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry dur-ing the Civil war and at all times he was a most loyal supporter of those interests andactivities which he deemed factors in the upbuilding and development of communityand William Frawley Hannan obtained his education in the public schools of Milwau-kee and passing through consecutive grades is numbered among the graduates of theWest Division high school. He is also a graduate of the University of Wisconsin,completing a course in the College of Letters and Science in 1908 and in the College ofLaw in 1912. He was admitted to the bar the same year and has since been engagedin practice here as a partner of the firm of Hannan, Johnson & Goldschmidt, his asso-ciates being James A. Johnson and William J. Goldschmidt. They have continued inthe general practice of law and Mr. Hannan has tried many kinds of cases, trying them. JULIUS BACKER IIISTOKY OF :\[1I.\VATKEE 613 well. The more difficult the situation the more aniuously ho applies himself to themastery of tlie questiou before him. Perhaps his most notable work has been that ofcounsel for the Milwaukee Teachers Association since IfllG and as such he is respon-sible for the salary increase for teachers, havinR orsanizcd and conducted the campaignto secure a better wage for teachers. In fact he conducted two successful cam-paigns, one in 1919, during the regular session of the legislature, and one in 1920,during the special session, wiiich resulted in the present salary schedule for teachers,fixing the minimum salary for the teachers of the grade schools at twelve hundreddollars and the maximum salary at twenty-four hundred dollars per year. In the legis-lative session of 1921 he was responsible for the improvement of the Milwaukeeteachers pension law. He has taken great interest in promoting educational progressand
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