Leonard G. Wolf
Leonard George Wolf (October 29, 1925 – March 28, 1970) was an American World War II veteran and a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa’s 2nd district for one term. He served in Congress from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1961.
Born on a farm in Dane County, Wisconsin near Mazomanie, Wolf grew up in public schools there. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II (1944–1946). He earned a degree in agricultural economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1949 and moved to Elkader, Iowa the same year, where he worked as a retail feed dealer from 1952 to 1958 and gave public speeches.
Wolf first ran for Congress in 1956 against Republican Henry O. Talle and lost, though he improved the vote share for that seat. In 1958 he won the seat, unseating Talle, but in 1960 he was defeated by Republican James E. Bromwell.
After leaving Congress, Wolf worked to combat hunger. In 1961 he became a special assistant to the director of the International Cooperation Administration’s Mission in Brazil, serving until 1965. He then coordinated the child feeding program for Latin America in 1966 and assisted India after a drought in 1967. In 1968 he became the executive director of the American Freedom From Hunger Foundation.
Wolf died in Washington, D.C., in 1970 at the age of 44 and is buried at St. Barnabas Cemetery in Mazomanie, Wisconsin.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 15:29 (CET).