John W. Eber

John W. Eber (October 16, 1895 – March 18, 1972) was an American lawyer, businessman, and Progressive Republican politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

As a child he moved with his parents to St. Paul, Minnesota, and then to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which was his primary residence for the rest of his life.

[1][2] Eber was first elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1922, running on the Republican Party ticket.

He was the youngest speaker up to that time in Wisconsin history,[1] but that record was broken a few years later by Cornelius T. Young.

[3] He made another bid for a sixth term in 1934, running on the Progressive Party ticket, but lost to Democrat Donald P.