Otto A. La Budde

Otto A. La Budde (June 11, 1865 – October 14, 1940) was an American businessman and Democratic politician from Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. He served 8 years as chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, from 1916 through 1918, and from 1927 to 1933. He also served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Sheboygan County during the 1911–1912 term, and served as village president of Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

Biography Born in the town of Rhine, in 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.

La Budde was a Democrat and served as president of the village of Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. In 1911, La Budde served in the Wisconsin State Assembly. After his term in the Assembly, he served his first stint as chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.

In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson appointed La Budde customs collector for the Port of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Afterwards, he was again elected chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. He resigned as chairman in 1933, after U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt appointed him collector of internal revenue for Wisconsin.

La Budde died in a hospital in Milwaukee after an abdominal operation on September 16, 1940.