List of United States politicians with doctorates
This is a list of notable United States politicians who have a research doctorate.
Federal government
[edit]Executive branch
[edit]Former presidents
[edit]Name | Party | Term | Field | Institution | Year | |
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Woodrow Wilson | Democrat | 1913–1921 | Political Science | Johns Hopkins University | 1886 |
Current and former cabinet members and senior administration officials
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Supreme Court justices
[edit]Name | Term | Field | Institution | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
Neil Gorsuch | 2017– | Legal Philosophy | University College, Oxford | 2004 |
Legislative branch
[edit]Current senators
[edit]Name | Party | State | Term | Field | Institution | Year | |
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Tammy Duckworth | Democrat | Illinois | 2017– | Human Services | Capella University | 2014 | |
Kyrsten Sinema | Independent | Arizona | 2019– | Justice Studies | Arizona State University | 2012 | |
Raphael Warnock | Democrat | Georgia | 2021– | Theology | Union Theological Seminary | 2006 |
Former senators
[edit]Current representatives
[edit]Former representatives
[edit]Name | Party | District | Term | Field | Institution | Year | |
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Phil Gramm | Republican | Texas | 1979–1983 | Economics | University of Georgia | 1967 | |
Dick Armey | Republican | Texas | 1985–2003 | Economics | University of Oklahoma | 1968 | |
Phil Crane | Republican | IL-31 IL-12 IL-8 | 1969–2005 | History | Indiana University | 1961 | |
Tim Wirth | Democratic | Colorado | 1975–1987 | Marketing | Stanford University | 1973 | |
Kyrsten Sinema | Democrat | AZ-9 | 2012–2019 | Justice Studies | Arizona State University | 2012 | |
Rush D. Holt Jr. | Democrat | NJ-12 | 1999–2014 | Physics | NYU | 1981 | |
Howard Wolpe | Democrat | MI-03 | 1979–1993 | Political science | MIT | 1967 | |
Les Aspin | Democrat | WI-01 | 1971–1993 | Economics | MIT | 1966 | |
James G. Martin | Republican | NC-09 | 1973–1985 | Chemistry | Princeton University | 1960 | |
Donald L. Ritter | Republican | PA-15 | 1979–1993 | Physical Metallurgy | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1966 | |
Heather Wilson | Republican | NM-1 | 1998–2009 | International Relations | Jesus College, Oxford | 1985 | |
Vern Ehlers | Republican | MI-03 | 1993–2011 | Nuclear Physics | UC Berkeley | 1960 | |
Bud Shuster | Republican | PA-09 | 1973–2001 | Business and economics | American University | 1967 | |
Roscoe Bartlett | Republican | MD-06 | 1993–2013 | Physiology | University of Maryland, College Park | 1952 | |
John Olver | Democrat | MA-1 | 1991–2013 | Chemistry | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1961 | |
Clarence Long | Democrat | MD-2 | 1963–1985 | Economics | Princeton University | 1938 | |
Mervyn Dymally | Democrat | CA-31 | 1981–1993 | Human behavior | United States International University | 1978 | |
Philip R. Sharp | Democrat | IN-10 IN-02 | 1975–1995 | Government | Georgetown University | 1974 | |
Bob Filner | Democrat | CA-50 CA-51 | 1993–2012 | History of science | Cornell | 1969 | |
Tom Lantos | Democrat | CA-11 CA-12 | 1981–2008 | Economics | University of California, Berkeley | 1953 | |
Newt Gingrich | Republican | GA-06 | 1979–1999 | History | Tulane University | 1971 | |
G. William Whitehurst | Republican | VA-02 | 1969–1987 | History | West Virginia University | 1952 | |
Floyd Fithian | Democrat | IN-02 | 1975–1983 | American History | University of Nebraska | 1964 | |
John Brademas | Democrat | IN-03 | 1959–1981 | Social Studies | Brasenose College, Oxford | 1954 | |
Weston E. Vivian | Democrat | MI-02 | 1965–1967 | Electrical Engineering | University of Michigan | 1959 | |
Chris Gibson | Republican | NY-19 | 2011–2017 | Government | Cornell University | 1998 | |
Timothy F. Murphy | Republican | PA-18 | 2003–2017 | Clinical Psychology | University of Pittsburgh | 1979 | |
Dave Brat | Republican | VA-7 | 2014–2019 | Economics | American University | 1995 | |
Dan Lipinski[9] | Democrat | IL-03 | 2005–2021 | Political Science | Duke University[10] | 1998 | |
Dave Loebsack[11] | Democrat | IA-2 | 2007–2021 | Political Science | University of California, Davis | 1985 |
State governments
[edit]State executives
[edit]Current governors
[edit]Name | Party | State | Term | Field | Institution | Year | |
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Tony Evers | Democrat | Wisconsin | 2019– | Educational administration | University of Wisconsin–Madison | 1986 |
Former governors
[edit]Former lieutenant governors
[edit]Name | Party | State | Term | Field | Institution | Year | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sue Ellspermann | Republican | Indiana | 2013–2016 | Industrial Engineering | University of Louisville | 1997 |
References
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