Otto A. La Budde (June 11, 1865 – October 14, 1940) was an American politician and businessman. Born in the Town of Rhine, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, La Budde went to Plymouth High School in Plymouth, Wisconsin. He then worked in a hardware store in Plymouth, Wisconsin. In 1884, La Budde owned and worked in a retail hardware store in the village of

Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin Elkhart Lake is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, located within the northwestern part of the county within the Town of Rhine. The population was 967 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolit ...

. La Budde was a

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and was chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party. He served as president of the village of Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. In 1911, La Budde served in the Wisconsin State Assembly. In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson appointed La Budde customs collector for the Port of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and then, in 1933, President

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appointed La Budde internal revenue collector for Wisconsin. In 1940, La Budde died in a hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin after an abdominal operation on September 16, 1940.'Otto La Budde Dies at 75 After Operation,' Wisconsin State Journal, October 14, 1940, pg. 1

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1865 births 1940 deaths People from Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin Businesspeople from Wisconsin Mayors of places in Wisconsin Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Democratic-stub