Robert M. La Follette
American progressive politician from Wisconsin (1855-1925) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 70
Robert Marion La Follette Sr., nicknamed "Fighting Bob", was an American lawyer and the leading progressive politician in Wisconsin from the 1890s until his death in 1925.
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Calvin Coolidge 5 moreCandidate1906Named United States senatorOffice4 January 1906 to 18 June 19251901Named Governor of WisconsinOffice7 January 1901 to 1 January 19061885Named United States representativeOffice4 March 1885 to 4 March 18911855Born13 June 1855People around Robert
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He served as U.S. senator from Wisconsin for the last 20 years of his life; prior to that he served as the 20th governor of Wisconsin (1901-1906) and served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1885-1891). A Republican for most of his life, he ran for president of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in the 1924 United States presidential election. Historian John D. Buenker describes La Follette as "the most celebrated figure in Wisconsin history".
