Lorenzo Dow Harvey (November 23, 1848 – June 1, 1922)[1] was an American educator and Republican politician from Wisconsin.
For the last 14 years of his life, he was president of the Stout Institute at Menomonie, Wisconsin (now University of Wisconsin–Stout).
[4] Harvey served as principal of Mazomanie High School in Mazomanie, Wisconsin from 1873 to 1875, and from 1875 to 1880 he served as principal of Sheboygan High School in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Harvey was elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1898 and served two terms, from 1899 to 1903.
[6][7] He was defeated for renomination in 1902, and moved to Menomonie, Wisconsin, where he served as superintendent of the public school system from 1903 to 1908.