Robert Haase | |
Order: | 20th & 26th |
Office: | Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner |
Appointer: | Tommy Thompson |
Term Start: | April 24, 1987 |
Term End: | December 16, 1992 |
Predecessor: | Thomas P. Fox |
Successor: | John Torgerson (acting) |
Appointer1: | Warren P. Knowles |
Term Start1: | September 15, 1965 |
Term End1: | September 7, 1969 |
Predecessor1: | Charles L. Manson |
Successor1: | Stanley C. Du Rose Jr. |
Order2: | 64th |
Office2: | Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly |
Term Start2: | January 1963 |
Term End2: | January 4, 1965 |
Predecessor2: | David Blanchard |
Successor2: | Robert T. Huber |
Office3: | Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly |
Constituency3: | Florence - Marinette district |
Term Start3: | January 4, 1965 |
Term End3: | September 15, 1965 |
Predecessor3: | District created |
Successor3: | Leslie R. Stevenson |
Constituency4: | Marinette district |
Term Start4: | January 7, 1957 |
Term End4: | January 4, 1965 |
Predecessor4: | Roy H. Sengstock |
Successor4: | District abolished |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 10 May 1923 |
Birth Place: | Marinette, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Death Place: | Mount Rainier, Maryland, U.S. |
Spouse: | none |
Children: | none |
Education: | University of Wisconsin Law School |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Army U.S. Army Air Forces |
Serviceyears: | 1942 - 1946 |
Battles: | World War II |
Robert D. Haase (May 10, 1923September 30, 2009) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Marinette, Wisconsin. He was the 64th speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly and served as Wisconsin's 20th and 26th state insurance commissioner during the administrations of governors Warren P. Knowles and Tommy Thompson.
Born in Marinette, Wisconsin, Haase served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. In 1951, Haase received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. He served on the Marinette School Board and then served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, as a Republican, from 1957 until 1965 when he resigned on September 14, 1965, to become the Wisconsin state insurance commissioner; he served as speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly in the 1963 session. He also served as adjunct professor in the University Law School and University Business School. Haase died in Mount Rainier, Maryland.[1] [2]
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