Bill Boner
William Hill Boner (born February 14, 1945) is an American educator and former Democratic politician from Tennessee. He was the third mayor of the Metropolitan government of Nashville and Davidson County, serving from 1987 to 1991.[1] He served in the U.S. House of Representatives, as the Representative from the 5th District of Tennessee, from 1979 to 1988.[2]
This article is about Bill Boner, the Tennessee educator and politician. For South Bend Mayor, Washington State businessman and politician, see William H. Boner.
Bill Boner
Ernest M. Fleming, Sr.
Ernest M. Fleming, Sr.
Walter Morgan
district county seat abolished
Middle Tennessee State University (B.S.)
Peabody College (M.A.)
Nashville School of Law (J.D.)
After term as mayor[edit]
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.[5][6] Following retirement from political office, Boner briefly became a businessman, owning a pallet factory in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, and then becoming a restaurant franchisee in Atlanta.[5]
Boner eventually returned to the Nashville area, becoming a social studies teacher at Franklin High School in Franklin, Tennessee.[5] Sources had said that Boner had become a driver's ed instructor for the Williamson School System, and was "honest and open about the fact that he screwed up in office."[5]
In 1995 and 1996, Boner hosted a nightly hour-long television interview show on Nashville's WNAB called Prime Talk.
Boner is reportedly retired and living with his wife, Kay, in Franklin, Tennessee.[7]