John W. Tramburg

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = John Tramburg

|image = John W. Tramburg.gif

|caption = Official portrait, 1953

|office = 2nd Commissioner of the Social Security Administration

|president = Dwight D. Eisenhower

|term_start = November 24, 1953

|term_end = July 31, 1954

|predecessor = William Mitchell (acting)

|successor = Charles I. Schottland

|birth_date = {{birth date|1913|2|28}}

|birth_place = Fall River, Wisconsin, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1963|1|14|1913|2|28}}

|death_place = Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.

|party = Republican

|education = Carroll College
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater (BA)
University of Chicago (MA)

}}

John W. Tramburg (February 28, 1913 – January 14, 1963) was an American administrator who served as the 2nd Commissioner of the Social Security Administration from 1953 to 1954.{{cite web|url=https://www.ssa.gov/history/tramburg.html |title=John W. Tramburg |publisher=Ssa.gov |date= |accessdate=2021-04-13}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/11/15/archives/federal-appointee-is-welfare-expert-john-w-tramburg-new-head-of.html |title=FEDERAL APPOINTEE IS WELFARE EXPERT; John W. Tramburg, New Head of Social Security, Notable as Wisconsin Official |work=Nytimes.com |date=1953-11-15 |accessdate=2021-04-13}}

Tramburg was born in Fall River, Wisconsin.{{cite news|title=Area Native Dies in East |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80525207/john-w-tramburg-1913-1963/ |newspaper=Portage Daily Register |date=January 15, 1963 |location=Portage, WI |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com |access-date=June 30, 2021}} {{Open access}} He died of a heart attack on January 14, 1963, in Trenton, New Jersey at age 49.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/492182321/ |title=The Record from Hackensack, New Jersey on January 15, 1963 · 7 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=1963-01-15 |accessdate=2021-04-13}}