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    Philip Fox La Follette (May 8, 1897 – August 18, 1965) was an American politician. He was the 27th and 29th Governor of Wisconsin, as well as one of the...
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    Case La Follette. He had three siblings, including Philip La Follette and Fola La Follette. La Follette attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison from...
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    Robert Marion La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925), was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress...
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  • La Follette may refer to: LaFollette, Tennessee, U.S. La Follette, Wisconsin, U.S. La Follette High School, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. Robert M. La Follette...
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    Charles Marion La Follette (February 27, 1898 – June 27, 1974) was an American lawyer and politician. His great-grandfather was William Heilman, who was...
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    Bronson La Follette (1936–2018), son of Robert M. La Follette Jr.; Attorney General of Wisconsin 1965–1969, 1975–1987. Philip La Follette (1897–1965)...
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    Isabelle Case La Follette (April 21, 1859 – August 18, 1931) was a women's suffrage, peace, and civil rights activist in Wisconsin, United States. She...
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  • brainchild of Philip La Follette and Robert M. La Follette, Jr., the sons of the famous Wisconsin Governor and Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr. The party...
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    Wisconsin since the state's admission to the Union in 1848, one of whom—Philip La Follette—served non-consecutive terms. Nelson Dewey, the first governor, took...
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    Bronson Cutting La Follette (February 2, 1936 – March 15, 2018) was an American Democratic lawyer and politician. He was the 36th and 39th Attorney General...
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    Governor Albert G. Schmedeman was defeated by Progressive nominee Philip La Follette. As of 2022, this is the last time Green Lake County voted for the...
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    Flora Dodge La Follette (September 10, 1882 – February 17, 1970), known as Fola La Follette, was an American actress and teacher turned women's suffrage...
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    Democrat and was a candidate for governor in 1930, when he ran against Philip La Follette and lost. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention...
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  • Progressive Party was a political party created as a vehicle for Robert M. La Follette, Sr. to run for president in the 1924 election. It did not run candidates...
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    Progressive Governor Philip La Follette was defeated by Republican nominee Julius P. Heil. Despite having a high initial popularity, La Follette's reputation had...
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    Philip La Follette and Albert G. Schmedeman. For his second two terms he was a Progressive and served once again under Governor Philip La Follette. He...
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    the resignation of lieutenant governor Henry Gunderson, Governor Philip La Follette appointed Herman Ekern lieutenant governor to fill the vacancy. This...
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    election was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Republican Governor Philip La Follette was defeated in the Republican primary, and in the midst of the Great...
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    elections were held on September 15, 1936. Incumbent Progressive Governor Philip La Follette won re-election, defeating Republican nominee Alexander Wiley and...
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    His term was both preceded and succeeded by Philip La Follette, son of former governor Robert M. La Follette Sr. In 1934, while attending the dedication...
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  • political career, he was a close ally of Philip La Follette and served as a member of the central committee of La Follette's Wisconsin Progressive Party for its...
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    Republican nominee Philip La Follette defeated Democratic nominee Charles E. Hammersley with 64.76% of the vote. Nominee Philip La Follette, former district...
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    1938, Heil went on to defeat his Progressive opponent-incumbent Philip F. La Follette. As governor, he created the Department of Motor Vehicles out of...
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    Kalter (born 1943), announcer on the Late Show with David Letterman Philip La Follette (1897–1965), three-term Governor of Wisconsin Angela Lansbury (1925-2022)...
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  • nominated by the Democratic Party and the Prohibition Party. Resigned. La Follette nominated himself to Wisconsin's vacant U.S. Senate seat in 1905 and...
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    President Herbert Hoover, and most voters wanted change. Progressive Philip La Follette won the primary and election in 1930, joining the state's two Progressive...
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    its 50th anniversary. The activities included a visit by Governor Philip La Follette. 1941: The United States declared war on Japan, and many Tomahawk...
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  • traveled to Madison to protest tax increases sponsored by Governor Philip La Follette. In 1932, Chapple defeated incumbent John J. Blaine in the Republican...
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    Clearing House. In 1931, Wisconsin's reform-minded Republican governor, Philip La Follette, asked him to become a member of the state's reorganized Railroad...
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    the Hazeltine Company was Philip La Follette, former three-term governor of Wisconsin and son of "Fighting Bob" La Follette, who campaigned for president...
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