Doug La Follette
Doug La Follette | |
|---|---|
| 28th & 30th Secretary of State of Wisconsin | |
| In office January 3, 1983 – March 17, 2023 | |
| Governor | Tony Earl Tommy Thompson Scott McCallum Jim Doyle Scott Walker Tony Evers |
| Preceded by | Vel Phillips |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Godlewski |
| In office January 6, 1975 – January 3, 1979 | |
| Governor | Patrick Lucey Martin J. Schreiber |
| Preceded by | Robert C. Zimmerman |
| Succeeded by | Vel Phillips |
| Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 22nd district | |
| In office January 1, 1973 – January 6, 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Lourigan |
| Succeeded by | John J. Maurer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 6, 1940 Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Marietta College (BS) Stanford University (MS) Columbia University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Parkside |
| Thesis | Intramolecular Solvation (1967) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ronald Breslow |
Douglas J. La Follette (born June 6, 1940) is a retired American academic, environmental scientist, and Democratic politician from Wisconsin. He was the 28th and 30th secretary of state of Wisconsin, serving from 1975 to 1979, and from 1983 to 2023. With his 44 years as secretary of state, La Follette is the longest-serving statewide elected official in Wisconsin history, and at the time of his retirement, he was the longest-serving statewide elected official in the United States (excluding U.S. senators). Earlier in his career, he was a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Wisconsin's 21st Senate district during the 1973–1974 term. He was also the Democratic Party nominee for lieutenant governor of Wisconsin in 1978, and made unsuccessful bids for U.S. House of Representatives (in 1970 and 1996) and for governor of Wisconsin (in 2012).