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Frederic Austin Ogg
1878–1951
An influential political scientist and historian, he helped shape how generations of students understood American government and the development of the United States. He is especially remembered for his long career at the University of Wisconsin and for clear, wide-ranging books on politics and history.
3 Audiobooks
The Reign of Andrew Jackson: A Chronicle of the Frontier in Politics
by Frederic Austin Ogg
The Old Northwest: A Chronicle of the Ohio Valley and Beyond
by Frederic Austin Ogg
The Governments of Europe
by Frederic Austin Ogg
About the author
Born in Solsberry, Indiana, on February 8, 1878, Frederic Austin Ogg studied at DePauw University, Indiana University, and Harvard University before building a career in teaching and scholarship. He became known as an American political scientist whose work connected government, history, and public life in a way that was accessible to students and general readers.
In 1914 he joined the University of Wisconsin, where he taught for decades and later served as chair of the political science department. He also edited the American Political Science Review, a major journal in the field, which reflects the respect he earned among fellow scholars.
Ogg wrote and co-wrote a number of widely used books on American government and history, including National Progress, 1907–1917 and Essentials of American Government. He died on October 23, 1951, leaving behind a body of work that helped define the study of politics in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century.