{{short description|American politician (1847–1934)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Wallace Dann | image = Wallace_Dann.xcf | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1847|01|12}}<ref name="tay">[https://books.google.com/books?id=pwcWAAAAYAAJ&dq=Wallace+Dann+norwalk&pg=PA66 Taylor's legislative history and souvenir of Connecticut 1897-1912]</ref> | birth_place = Stamford, Connecticut<ref name="tay"/> | death_date = 1934<ref name="fg">[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Dann&GSfn=Wallace&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=41767053&df=all& Find a Grave]</ref> | death_place = | resting_place = Scott's Cemetery, Ridgefield, Connecticut | office = Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut | order = 10th | term_start = 1905 | term_end = 1907<ref name="stj">[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1898&dat=19220209&id=9OggAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k20FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1906,4603265 The Norwalk Hour]</ref> | predecessor = Charles L. Glover | successor = Charles A. Scofield | office2 = Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut | term_start2 = 1903 | term_end2 = 1905<ref name="hour06">[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1898&dat=19060823&id=zvkoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v2gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4103,6027508 The Norwalk Hour]</ref> | alongside2 = Jeremiah Donovan | predecessor2 = John H. Light,<br/>Elbert Adams | successor2 = Mortimer M. Lee | party = Democratic | alma_mater = Wicoff's Academy<ref name="tay"/> | occupation = grocery, livery<ref name="tay"/> | spouse = Clarissa Jennie Dikeman<ref name="tay"/> | children = }}
'''Wallace Dann''' (January 12, 1847– 1934) was a two-term Democratic mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut from 1905 to 1907. He was also a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1903 to 1905.
== Early life and family == He was born in Stamford, Connecticut on January 12, 1847. He was the son of William Edgar Dann, and Pauline Curtis Dann.<ref name="tay"/> He attended Professor Wicoff's Academy in New Canaan. He married Clarissa J. Dikeman on September 1, 1869. He was in the livery and grocery business in New Canaan.<ref name="tay"/>
== Political career == He was sheriff<ref name="stj"/> from 1875 to 1881 and from 1884 to 1887.<ref name="tay"/><ref name="hour06"/> He was police chief<ref name="stj"/> from 1892 to 1899.<ref name="tay"/><ref name="hour06"/> He was president of the Norwalk Brass Company beginning in 1901.<ref name="tay"/> On January 5, 1903, he was elected Water Commissioner.<ref name="tay"/>
From 1903 to 1904, he served in the Connecticut House of Representatives.<ref name="hour06"/> He was a member of the School Fund Committee, and the Contested Elections Committee.<ref name="hour06"/> He was a leader on the issue of whether South Norwalk and Norwalk would be separate or consolidated.<ref name="hour06"/>
He ran for mayor of Norwalk, and served from 1905 to 1907. In 1906, he defeated Republican challenger Goold Hoyt for re-election.<ref name="hour06"/>
In 1926, he was appointed by mayor Jeremiah Donovan to the Norwalk Board of Relief for a three-year term.<ref name="hour20">[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HiEvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iN0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2182%2C165780 Rushing It Through]</ref>
== Associations == *Member, Harmony Lodge of Masons, New Canaan<ref name="stj"/> *High Priest (1884), Washington Chapter 24 Reformed and Accepted Masons.<ref name="stj"/> *Member, Eminent Commander (1882), Clinton Commandery Number 3 Knights Templar<ref name="stj"/> *Member, Pyramid Temple of Bridgeport<ref name="tay"/> *Member, Odd Fellows<ref name="tay"/> *Member, Mecca Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine <ref name="tay"/><ref name="stj"/> *Vestryman, St. Paul's Episcopal Church<ref name="tay"/> *Member, Sons of the American Revolution<ref name="tay"/> *Member, Norwalk Club<ref name="tay"/> *Member, Norwalk Board of Trade<ref name="tay"/>
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== References == {{reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{succession box|title=Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk|before=Elbert Adams|before2=John H. Light|after=Mortimer M. Lee|years=1903 – 1905}} {{succession box|title=Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut|before=Charles L. Glover|after=Charles A. Scofield|years=1905 – 1907}} {{s-end}}
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