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Affiliation | Republican |
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Name | Robert M. La Follette |
Address | Madison, Wisconsin , United States |
Email | None |
Website | [Link] |
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June 14, 1855
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Died | June 18, 1925
(70 years)
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Contributor | The Oncoming Storm |
Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur Nov 06, 2023 04:02pm |
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Info | LA FOLLETTE, Robert Marion, (father of Robert Marion La Follette, Jr.), a Representative and a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Primrose, Dane County, Wis., June 14, 1855; graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1879; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced practice in Madison, Wis.; district attorney of Dane County 1880-1884; elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Fifty-first Congress); resumed the practice of law in Madison, Wis.; Governor of Wisconsin 1901-1906, when he resigned, having previously been elected Senator; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate on January 25, 1905, for the term beginning March 4, 1905, but did not assume these duties until later, preferring to continue as Governor; reelected in 1911, 1917, and 1923, and served from January 2, 1906, until his death; chairman, Committee on the Census (Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Manufactures (Sixty-sixth through Sixty-eighth Congresses); one of the founders of the National Progressive Republican League and several times unsuccessfully sought the Republican and Progressive Party presidential nominations; died in Washington, D.C., June 18, 1925; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
[from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress at [Link] ]
Vote totals for elections in which was nominated for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans (1900-1965): 1955-2, 1960-2, 1965-4.
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