Ruth Bachhuber Doyle

Ruth Bachhuber Doyle
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Dane 1st district
In office
January 3, 1949 – January 5, 1953
Preceded byLyall T. Beggs
Succeeded byFloyd E. Wheeler
Personal details
Born
Ruth Mabel Bachhuber

(1916-10-14)October 14, 1916
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedMay 6, 2006(2006-05-06) (aged 89)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeResurrection Cemetery, Madison
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 1940; died 1987)
Children4, including Jim Doyle
Parent
RelativesAndrew Bachhuber (grandfather)
Max Bachhuber (great-grandfather)
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician, educator

Ruth Bachhuber Doyle (born Ruth Mabel Bachhuber; October 14, 1916 – May 6, 2006) was an American educator and Democratic politician. She served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the city of Madison during the 1949 and 1951 sessions. She was the wife of federal judge James Edward Doyle and the mother of Jim Doyle, the 44th governor of Wisconsin.

Her father, Frank E. Bachhuber, grandfather, Andrew Bachhuber, and great-grandfather, Max Bachhuber, also served in the Wisconsin State Assembly.