# Alvin Ott

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{{Short description|American politician}}
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| honorific_prefix =
| name             = Alvin Ott
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| image            = Al Ott Politician 2012.jpg
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| caption          = 
| state            = Wisconsin
| state_assembly   = Wisconsin
| district         = [3rd](/source/Wisconsin's_3rd_Assembly_district)
| term_start       = January 5, 1987
| term_end         = January 3, 2017
| predecessor      = [Gervase Hephner](/source/Gervase_Hephner)
| successor        = [Ron Tusler](/source/Ron_Tusler)
| party            = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1949|6|19}}
| birth_place      = [Green Bay, Wisconsin](/source/Green_Bay%2C_Wisconsin), U.S.
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| spouse           = Connie
| children         = 4
| alma_mater       = [University of Wisconsin–Madison](/source/University_of_Wisconsin%26ndash%3BMadison)
| profession       = Farmer 
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'''Alvin "Al" Ott''' (born June 19, 1949) is a retired American farmer and [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) politician from [Calumet County, Wisconsin](/source/Calumet_County%2C_Wisconsin).  He served 30 years in the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly), representing the [3rd Assembly district](/source/Wisconsin's_3rd_Assembly_district) from 1987 to 2017.

==Biography==
Alvin Ott was born in [Green Bay, Wisconsin](/source/Green_Bay%2C_Wisconsin), in June 1949.  He was raised in the town of [Brillion, Wisconsin](/source/Brillion%2C_Wisconsin), and graduated from Brillion High School.  He went on to attend the [University of Wisconsin&ndash;Madison](/source/University_of_Wisconsin%26ndash%3BMadison) Farm and Industry Short Course, completing his studies in 1968.<ref name="wihist">{{Cite web|url= https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS11464 |title= Ott, Alvin R. (Al) 1949 |accessdate= December 25, 2023 }}</ref>

He was elected to the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly) in 1986, and was subsequently re-elected 14 times.  For nearly his entire legislative service, he was a member of the Assembly Committee on Agriculture, and served as chairman from 1995 until 2009.<ref name="wihist"/>

Ott announced in the summer of 2016 that he would not run for re-election that year and would retire after 30 years in office.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-times-al-ott-retiring/137402236/ |title= Legislature will lose a good one as Al Ott retires |newspaper= [The Capital Times](/source/The_Capital_Times) |date= July 13, 2016 |first= Bill |last= Berry |page= 42 |accessdate= December 25, 2023 |via= [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) }}</ref>

==References ==
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==External links==
* [https://archive.today/20121224173321/http://www.legis.state.wi.us/assembly/asm03/ Official website (Archived Dec. 24, 2012)]
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{{s-ttl|title  = {{nowrap|Member of the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly)}} {{nowrap|from the [3rd](/source/Wisconsin's_3rd_Assembly_district) district}} |years= January 5, 1987{{spnd}}January 3, 2017 }}
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Category:Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Category:Living people
Category:1949 births
Category:Farmers from Wisconsin
Category:Politicians from Green Bay, Wisconsin
Category:People from Brillion, Wisconsin
Category:21st-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature

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