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Sep 12, 2024 · Congressman, Governor, and United States Senator, Robert Marion La Follette is one of the crucial figures of the Progressive Movement of the early twentieth century. This collection documents his early career in the political reform movement from 1879 to 1910.
- Ali Nazari-Nouri
- 2011
Sep 9, 2024 · U.S. Senator Robert M. La Follette in April 1912. Four years after the 1924 presidential campaign, the historian Charles Austin Beard published a short book titled The American Party Battle. He was then at the peak of his fame and influence.
Sep 3, 2024 · Robert M. La Follette Sr., also known as “Fighting Bob La Follette,” was the Progressive Era’s fiercest critic of big business. As the Governor of Wisconsin and member of Congress, he strove to root out political corruption and temper the growing power of Corporate America.
1 day ago · Senator Robert M. La Follette, who had left the Republican Party and formed his own political party, the Progressive Party, in Wisconsin, was so upset over both political parties choosing conservative candidates that he decided to run as a third-party candidate to give liberals from both parties an alternative.
- Massachusetts
- Republican
- Calvin Coolidge
17 hours ago · In September 1924, shortly before Wisconsin Sen. Robert M. LaFollette would complete one of the top third-party presidential candidacies in American history, a New York Times Magazine article asked: what was it about Wisconsin? Anne O’Hare McCormick wrote that the state was truly unique:
3 days ago · Robert M. La Follette Sen. Robert M. La Follette, 1906. (more) The reform movement spread almost at once to the state level, for it was in state capitals that important decisions affecting the cities were made.
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Sep 11, 2024 · Robert M. La Follette Papers (1879-1924) One of the crucial figures of the Progressive Movement of the early twentieth century. This collection documents his early career in the political reform movement from 1879 to 1910.
