William Hill Boner was born on February 14,1945 and is an American educator and former Democratic politician from Tennessee.
18 Facts About Bill Boner
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Bill Boner was the third mayor of the Metropolitan government of Nashville and Davidson County, serving from 1987 to 1991.
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Bill Boner served in the US House of Representatives, as the Representative from the 5th District of Tennessee, from 1979 to 1988.
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Bill Boner was reelected four times with no substantive opposition.
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Bill Boner established a reputation for a staff devoted to excellent constituent service, and otherwise as a moderate Southern Democrat backbencher, whose largest legislative accomplishment was a bill recognizing "National Sewing Month", something which subsequent opponents would later point to with glee.
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Bill Boner quickly jumped into the race, seeing an opportunity to come home, and to end the investigation.
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Bill Boner was opposed by a large field, notably managed health care executive Phil Bredesen.
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Bill Boner won the first round, but came up short of a majority.
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Under the Metro Charter, Bill Boner faced runner-up Bredesen in a runoff.
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Bill Boner won, largely by emphasizing that he was a Nashville native and Bredesen was a Northerner.
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Bill Boner was the last native-born Tennessean to serve as Nashville mayor until David Briley became mayor in 2018.
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Bill Boner appeared on the show with Traci Peel, a country singer in Nashville.
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The couple were engaged, making their romance controversial, as Bill Boner was still married to his third wife.
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At one point in the Donahue appearance, Bill Boner played harmonica, while Peel sang "Rocky Top".
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Bill Boner opted not to seek reelection for a second term, the only mayor not to do so from the creation of the Metro government until Megan Barry did not seek reelection in 2019 after resigning from office in 2018.
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Bill Boner eventually returned to the Nashville area, becoming a social studies teacher at Franklin High School in Franklin, Tennessee.
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In 1995 and 1996, Bill Boner hosted a nightly hour-long television interview show on Nashville's WNAB called Prime Talk.
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Bill Boner is reportedly retired and living with his wife, Kay, in Franklin, Tennessee.