Hans Crocker

Hans Crocker (June 11, 1815 – March 16, 1889) was an American lawyer and Wisconsin politician.

Crocker is closely associated with Byron Kilbourn and his projects to develop Milwaukee and Wisconsin over the years.

Crocker served as private secretary to Henry Dodge, the first governor of the Wisconsin Territory, in 1836.

[4] He was a Wisconsin delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention which selected Abraham Lincoln as its candidate for the presidency.

[5] Crocker also was involved in the development of public improvements in the area, especially those devised by Kilbourn.