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- William J. "Bill" Boner is a Tennessee educator and former Democratic politician. He was the third mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, serving from 1987 to 1991. He was born in East Nashville, traditionally a politically-active part of the city. A star at East Nashville High School, from which he graduated in 1963, he subsequently entered the fields of teaching and coaching, and for two years was basketball coach at Trevecca Nazarene College (now University). He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in 1967 and received a master's degree from the former Peabody College in 1969. He also became a popular and respected high school sports referee. In 1970 he was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives, a part-time position, for the first time, serving until 1972. Leaving the field of education, he became a bank official at First American National Bank (now part of AmSouth) and enrolled in the former YMCA Night Law School, a school specializing in part-time, mid-career students. He later (1978) graduated from this institution, but never took the bar exam to be admitted to the practice of law. (Many years later, a story in The Tennessean claimed that this was due to an agreement made when he was caught cheating on the school's final exam and that this would not be publicized if he did not apply to take the bar examination, verifying a rumor that had long been heard in the Nashville legal community. ) While employed at the bank, Boner was again elected to the State House in 1974. He moved to the Tennessee State Senate in 1974 He then made the decision to enter the Democratic primary against incumbent Fifth District Congressman Clifford Allen in 1978. Several other persons had also decided to challenge Allen, a long-time Nashville political figure who appeared to be in declining health and who seemed vulnerable. Shortly before the deadline for candidates to withdraw from the race, Allen suffered a massive stroke. All of Allen's opponents except Boner withdrew from the race, apparently out of concern for "kicking a man when he's down. " When Allen died on the day after the withdrawal deadline, Boner was virtually unopposed for the nomination, facing only a write-in campaign that went nowhere. This was tantamount to victory in November, as the Republicans had lost interest in a district they hadn't won since 1874. Boner was reelected four times with no substantive opposition. Boner's tenure in Congress was largely uneventful. He established a reputation for a staff devoted to excellent constituent service, and otherwise as a moderate Southern Democrat backbencher. In 1986, he came under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for his close relationship with a government contractor. In 1987, Nashville Mayor (and former Fifth District Congressman) Richard Fulton was prevented from running for a fourth term. Boner quickly jumped into the race. He was opposed by a large field, notably managed health care executive Phil Bredesen. Boner and Bredesen finished first and second respectively; the Nashville charter requires a mayor to be elected by a majority, so Boner and Bredesen as the top two finishers met in a runoff. Boner won, largely by emphasizing that he was a Nashville native and Bredesen was a Northerner (he was born in New Jersey and grew up in Upstate New York). Boner did not seek re-election in 1991. He re-entered politics in 1996, again being elected to his former seat in the state legislature where his career began. He then ran for the office of Davidson County Register of Deeds, an administrative courthouse position, and was soundly defeated in the Democratic primary (which typically decides the election in a city where Democrats dominate every level of government). He did not seek re-election to the legislature and appears to have left elective politics for good. Boner subsequently returned to education. He was the last principal of the former Tennessee Preparatory School, a former state-run residential school in Nashville for orphaned, neglected, and abused older children and teenagers, before the decision was made to close the institution. He subsequently became a government teacher at Franklin High School in Franklin, Tennessee, just south of Nashville. He also went on to become (and is currently) a Driver's Education instructor at Ravenwood High School in Brentwood, Tennessee (located appoxiamately halfway between Franklin and Nashville). He will begin teaching the Government course at Nashville's Hillsboro High School effective early February. Boner also hosted a nightly television talk show, entitled Prime Talk, on Nashville's WNAB-TV in the mid-1990s.
- William Hill Boner ist ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Boner besuchte die Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro und erhielt dort 1967 seinen Bachelor of Science. Seinen Master of Arts erhielt er 1969 am George Peabody College in Nashville. 1970 bis 1972, sowie 1974 bis 1976 gehörte Boner dem Repräsentantenhaus von Tennessee an. Danach war er 1976 bis 1978 Mitglied im Senat von Tennessee. 1978 wurde Boner als Demokrat in den 96. Kongress gewählt und vertrat dort den Bundesstaat Tennessee vom 3. Januar 1979 bis zu seinem Rücktritt am 5. Oktober 1987 im US-Repräsentantenhaus. Boner war zuvor am 22. September 1987 zum Bürgermeister von Nashville gewählt worden und trat das Amt nun am 5. Oktober an. Er absolvierte eine Amtsperiode, war also bis 1991 Bürgermeister.
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- William J. "Bill" Boner is a Tennessee educator and former Democratic politician. He was the third mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, serving from 1987 to 1991. He was born in East Nashville, traditionally a politically-active part of the city. A star at East Nashville High School, from which he graduated in 1963, he subsequently entered the fields of teaching and coaching, and for two years was basketball coach at Trevecca Nazarene College (now University).
- William Hill Boner ist ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Boner besuchte die Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro und erhielt dort 1967 seinen Bachelor of Science. Seinen Master of Arts erhielt er 1969 am George Peabody College in Nashville. 1970 bis 1972, sowie 1974 bis 1976 gehörte Boner dem Repräsentantenhaus von Tennessee an. Danach war er 1976 bis 1978 Mitglied im Senat von Tennessee. 1978 wurde Boner als Demokrat in den 96.
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