List of United States politicians with doctorates
This is a list of notable United States politicians who have a research doctorate.
Federal government
Executive branch
Former presidents
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
Supreme Court justices
Name | Term | Field | Institution | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
Neil Gorsuch | 2017– | Legal Philosophy | University College, Oxford | 2004 |
Legislative branch
Current senators
Name | Party | State | Term | Field | Institution | Year | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tammy Duckworth | Democrat | Illinois | 2017– | Human Services | Capella University | 2014 | |
Ben Sasse | Republican | Nebraska | 2015– | History | Yale University | 2004 | |
Kyrsten Sinema | Democrat | Arizona | 2019– | Justice Studies | Arizona State University | 2012 | |
Former senators
Name | Party | State | Term | Field | Institution | Year | |
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Henry Cabot Lodge | Republican | Massachusetts | 1893–1924 | History | Harvard University | 1876 | |
Paul Douglas | Democratic | Illinois | 1949–1967 | Economics | Columbia University | 1921 | |
George McGovern | Democratic | South Dakota | 1963–1981 | History | Northwestern University | 1973 | |
Tim Wirth | Democratic | Colorado | 1987–1993 | Marketing | Stanford University | 1973 | |
Gary Hart | Democratic | Colorado | 1975–1987 | Politics | St. Antony's College, Oxford | 2001 | |
Daniel Patrick Moynihan | Democratic | New York | 1977–2001 | International Relations | Syracuse University[1] | 1961 | |
S. I. Hayakawa | Republican | California | 1977–1983 | English | University of Wisconsin–Madison | 1935 | |
John Porter East | Republican | North Carolina | 1981–1986 | Political science | University of Florida | 1964 | |
Harrison Schmitt | Republican | New Mexico | 1977–1983 | Geology | Harvard University | 1964 | |
Phil Gramm | Republican | Texas | 1985–2002 | Economics | University of Georgia | 1967 | |
Paul Wellstone | Democratic | Minnesota | 1991–2002 | Political Science | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1969 |
Current representatives
Name | Party | District | Term | Field | Institution | Year | |
Alma Adams | Democrat | NC-12 | 2014– | Art Education and Multicultural Education | Ohio State University | 1981 | |
Jim Baird[2] | Republican | IN-4 | 2019- | Animal Science | University of Kentucky | 1975[3] | |
Jerry McNerney[4] | Democrat | CA-11 | 2006– | Mathematics | University of New Mexico | 1981 | |
Bill Foster | Democrat | IL-14 | 2008, 2012– | Physics | Harvard University | 1984 | |
Judy Chu | Democrat | CA-27 | 2009– | Psychology | California School of Professional Psychology | ? | |
Jody Hice | Republican | GA-10 | 2015– | Ministry | Luther Rice College and Seminary | ? | |
Dave Loebsack[5] | Democrat | IA-2 | 2007– | Political Science | University of California, Davis | 1985 | |
Tom Cole | Republican | OK-4 | 2003– | British History | University of Oklahoma | 1984 | |
David Price[6] | Democrat | NC-4 | 1986, 1996– | Political Science[7] | Yale University | 1969 | |
Andy Kim | Democrat | NJ-03 | 2019– | International Relations | Oxford University | 2010 | |
Dan Lipinski[8] | Democrat | IL-03 | 2004– | Political Science | Duke University[9] | 1998 | |
Dina Titus | Democrat | NV-1 | 2009– | Political Science | Florida State University | ? | |
Rob Wittman | Republican | VA-1 | 2007– | Public Health | Virginia Commonwealth University | 2002 | |
Alan Lowenthal[10] | Democrat | CA-47 | 2013- | Psychology | Ohio State University | 1967 |
Former representatives
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 | ? | |
Phil Crane | Republican | IL-31 IL-12 IL-8 | 1969–2005 | History | Indiana University | 1961 | |
Newt Gingrich | Republican | Georgia | 1979–1999 | European history | Tulane University | 1971 | |
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 | ? | Georgetown University | 1974 | |
Bob Filner | Democrat | CA-50 CA-51 | 1993–2012 | History of science | Cornell | ? | |
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 | ? | |
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 | ? | |
Dave Brat | Republican | VA-7 | 2014–2019 | Economics | American University | 1995 |
State governments
State executives
Current governors
Name | Party | State | Term | Field | Institution | Year | |
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Gina Raimondo | Democrat | Rhode Island | 2015– | Sociology | New College, Oxford | 2002 | |
Tom Wolf | Democrat | Pennsylvania | 2015– | Political Science | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1981 | |
Tony Evers | Democrat | Wisconsin | 2019- | Educational administration | University of Wisconsin–Madison | 1986 |
Former governors
Name | Party | State | Term | Field | Institution | Year | |
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Kenny Guinn | Republican | Nevada | 1999–2007 | Education | Utah State University | 1970 | |
James G. Martin | Republican | North Carolina | 1985–1993 | Chemistry | Princeton University | 1960 | |
Lee S. Dreyfus | Republican | Wisconsin | 1979–1983 | Communication | University of Wisconsin–Madison | 1957 | |
Ted Strickland | Democrat | Ohio | 2007–2011 | Psychology | University of Kentucky | 1980 | |
Eric Greitens | Republican | Missouri | 2017–2018 | Developmental Studies | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford | 2000 | |
Ricardo Rosselló | New Progressive | Puerto Rico | 2017–2019 | Biomedical Engineering | University of Michigan | 2007 |
Former lieutenant governors
Name | Party | State | Term | Field | Institution | Year | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sue Ellspermann | Republican | Indiana | 2013–2016 | Industrial Engineering | University of Louisville | 1997 |
State legislators
Current state senators
Name | Party | District | Elected | Field | Institution | Year | |
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Chris Rothfuss | Democrat | WY-09 | 2010 | Chemical Engineering | University of Washington | 2002 | |
Daniel Biss | Democrat | IL-09 | 2012 | Mathematics | MIT | 2002 | |
Former state senators
Name | Party | District | Term | Field | Institution | Year | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jay Blanchard[11] | Democrat | AZ-30 | 2000–2002 | Reading Education | University of Georgia | 1979 | |
Aaron D. Ford | Democrat | NV-11 | 2014–2016 | Education | Ohio State | ||
Current state representatives
Name | Party | District | Elected | Field | Institution | Year | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Fortner[12] | Republican | IL-49 | 2006 | Physics | Brandeis University | 1989 | |
Litesa Wallace[13] | Democrat | IL-67 | 2014 | Educational Psychology | Northern Illinois University | 2009 | |
Tom Bennett[14] | Republican | IL-106 | 2014 | Business Administration | Nova Southeastern University | 2009 | |
Sharon Shewmake[15] | Democrat | WA-42 | 2018 | Economics | University of California, Davis | 2010 | |
Sheryl Williams-Stapleton[16] | Democrat | NM-19 | 1996 | Education | University of New Mexico | 1984 |
Former state representatives
Name | Party | District | Elected | Field | Institution | Year | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Spainhower | Democrat | MO | 1963–1970 | Political science | University of Missouri | 1989 | |
Litesa Wallace | Democrat | IL | 2014–2019 | ? | Northern Illinois University | ? |
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