page_title: List of University of Wisconsin–Madison people
section_title: Law and politics
hierarchical_section_title: List of University of Wisconsin–Madison people / Notable alumni / Law and politics
caption_attribution_description: Shirley Abrahamson
context_page_description: This is a list of notable people who attended, or taught at, the University of Wisconsin–Madison:
context_section_description: A–G
  Charles L. Aarons, Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge
  Shirley Abrahamson, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
  Henry Cullen Adams, U.S. Representative
  Iajuddin Ahmed, former President of Bangladesh
  Ronald E. Albers, California judge
  Anita Alpern, former IRS commissioner
  Arthur J. Altmeyer, former Commissioner of Social Security
  Thomas Ryum Amlie, U.S. Representative
  Phil Anderson, chairman of the Wisconsin Libertarian Party
  Rasmus B. Anderson, U.S. diplomat
  Wilson Ndolo Ayah, former foreign minister, Kenya
  William Bablitch, former justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
  Sergio Balanzino, Italian diplomat
  Tammy Baldwin, U.S. Senator
  Hiram Barber, Jr., U.S. Representative from Illinois
  Peter W. Barca, U.S. Representative
  Charles V. Bardeen, former justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
  Elmer E. Barlow, justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
  Robert Barnett, attorney
  Tom Barrett, former U.S. Representative, mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  Charlene Barshefsky, former U.S. Trade Representative
  Robert McKee Bashford, former mayor of Madison, Wisconsin; former justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
  Robert C. Bassett, U.S. Presidential advisor
  Susan J. M. Bauman, former mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
  Joseph D. Beck, former United States Representative
  Bruce F. Beilfuss, former chief justice of Wisconsin
  Ernst Benda, Minister of the Interior of Germany and president the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
  Helen Ginger Berrigan, federal judge
  Mario Ramón Beteta, former Secretary of Finance, Mexico
  Abdirahman Duale Beyle, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia
  George W. Blanchard, U.S. Representative
  George L. Blum, Eau Claire County Judge
  Nils Boe, 23rd Governor of South Dakota and Judge for the United States Customs Court
  Randall Boe, attorney
  John W. Boehne, Jr., former U.S. Representative
  Alexander Campbell Botkin, Lieutenant Governor of Montana
  Ann Walsh Bradley, Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
  J. Quinn Brisben, Socialist Party USA candidate for President of the United States and Vice-President; civil rights activist; teacher
  Grover L. Broadfoot, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
  Angie Brooks, former president, United Nations General Assembly
  Timothy Brown, former chief justice of Wisconsin
  Webster E. Brown, U.S. Representative
  Edward E. Browne, U.S. Representative
  Andrew A. Bruce, former justice, North Dakota Supreme Court
  George Bunn, diplomat
  George Bunn, former justice, Minnesota Supreme Court
  John R. Burke, U.S. diplomat
  Michael E. Burke, U.S. Representative
  Elizabeth Burmaster, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin
  Louis B. Butler, federal judicial nominee, former justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
  Walter Halben Butler, former United States Representative
  John W. Byrnes, U.S. Representative
  William G. Callow, Wisconsin Supreme Court
  John Campbell
  Milton Robert Carr, U.S. Representative from Michigan
  Patrick G. Carrick, member of the Senior Executive Service
  Savion Castro, a member of the Board of Education in Madison, Wisconsin
  Sheri Polster Chappell, federal judge
  Dick Cheney, former vice president of the United States (attended UW as doctoral student; received M.A. degree but did not continue)
  Dave Cieslewicz, Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
  Moses E. Clapp, U.S. Senator from Minnesota
  Kathryn F. Clarenbach, first chairperson of the National Organization for Women
  David G. Classon, U.S. Representative
  Wilbur J. Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the Cabinet of President Lyndon B. Johnson and "Father of Medicare."
  William M. Conley, federal judge
  Daniel Cosío Villegas, president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council
  Barbara B. Crabb, former federal judge
  Lawrence William Cramer, former governor, United States Virgin Islands
  Charles H. Crownhart, former justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
  John Cudahy, U.S. diplomat
  Richard Dickson Cudahy, judge, U.S. Court of Appeals
  George R. Currie, former chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
  Herman Dahle, U.S. Representative
  George Jonathan Danforth, South Dakota State Senator
  Roland B. Day, former justice, Wisconsin
caption: Shirley Abrahamson
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