Talk:List of United States politicians with doctorates

initial creation
I have added this page to document politicians who have doctorates. The first two I know about, Congressmen Ehlers and Holt, are representatives of science in the House. I think the more politicians that are identified with scientific backgrounds, the better for science in general. Please help this article grow.Slarson 00:13, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

'American' Politicians with Doctorates
It's unclear to me whether this article is meant to list only American politicians or all politicians with a doctorate. It would appear as it stands right now to address only the American ones, given that every element in the tables can only be used in relation to U.S politicians (i.e. "state senators" and "district"). I think this article should be re-labeled "American Politicians with Doctorates" or be expanded to include an international range of politicians, such as William Lyon Mackenzie King (who I was looking for) and contain much more generalized fields in order to avoid confusion. Patrolmanno9 22:55, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Requested Move
As a follow-up to my last post regarding the overwhelming American bias in this article, and due to the lack of reply from the article's creator and the continued editing by other users in keeping with the said bias, I am formally requesting that this article be moved and renamed "American Politicians with Doctorates." Please feel free to comment on such an initiative. Patrolmanno9 22:48, 15 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I have no problem with the requested move. It sounds appropriate to me. Slarson 18:52, 18 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you. Since my initial proposal I've come to think United States Politicians with Doctorates would be a more appropriate title. I'll proceed to move the page and make a redirect for American Politicians with Doctorates and Politicians with Doctorates. Patrolmanno9 04:28, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

What about Tom Cole?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cole — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dvqr (talk • contribs) 22:46, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Also Chris Gibson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gibson_%28New_York_politician%29 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dvqr (talk • contribs) 22:50, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

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 * Absence of Medical doctors:

Why do medical Doctors appear to be excluded from the list. 2601:500:4180:4FF:B854:5464:3529:928C (talk) 14:21, 28 November 2018 (UTC)


 * MDs and JDs are excluded here because this article only refers to research doctorates and not to professional doctorates.2601:205:3:DEE2:2D67:6CD3:C5E9:6CB4 (talk) 22:52, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

Law Degrees as Doctorates?
Question: Why are law degrees not counted as doctorates for the purposes of this list? Only Neil Gorsuch is listed as having a doctorate when all current SCOTUS justices have JDs? So did Obama and Bill Clinton (among others in the past). Ayzmo (talk) 22:04, 18 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Neil Gorsuch has a JD from Harvard (1991) and a DPhil in legal philosophy from the University of Oxford. JDs are never referred to as "Dr." in academe. TuckerResearch (talk) 21:09, 15 December 2020 (UTC)


 * JDs who are college or university presidents are generally referred to as "Dr." in academe.2601:205:3:DEE2:2D67:6CD3:C5E9:6CB4 (talk) 22:52, 16 November 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:205:3:DEE2:2D67:6CD3:C5E9:6CB4 (talk) 22:48, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

Derek Kilmer
Shouldn't Derek Kilmer be on this list? He has a PhD in comparative social policy from the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at Green Templeton College, Oxford.

https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/51516/derek-kilmer#.UaFUI5xTDKc 172.92.125.103 (talk) 07:19, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Former Supreme Court justices?
Former officeholders are listed under all the other categories, why not for justices? They should be added. :) BhamBoi (talk) 07:11, 11 March 2024 (UTC)