| LC control no. | n 50041743 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925 |
| Variant(s) | La Follette, Robert Marion, 1855-1925 Follette, Robert M. La (Robert Marion), 1855-1925 LaFollette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925 La Follette, Mr. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925 Lafollet, Robert M., 1855-1925 La Follette, Bob, 1855-1925 |
| See also | Wisconsin. Governor (1901-1906 : La Follette) |
| Birth date | 1855-06-14 |
| Death date | 1925-06-18 |
| Place of birth | Primrose (Wis.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | University of Wisconsin United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Governors Lawyers |
| Found in | His La Follette's weekly magazine, 1909-10 NUCMC data from Indiana State Library for Wright, A.W. Collection, 1855-1911 (LaFollette, Robert M.) Mission Indians, state of California, 1886?: p. 1 (Mr. La Follette, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, House) Members of Cong. since 1789, 1977 (La Follette, Robert Marion, R. Wis., June 14, 1855-June 18, 1925; House 1885-91; Senate Jan. 2, 1906-June 18, 1925; Gov. 1901-06) Robert M. Lafollet, 1995- Kann, B. Belle and Bob La Follette, 2008: ECIP text (four days after his 70th birthday, on June 18, 1925, Bob died in Washington, D.C.) Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, November 7, 2013 (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; 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, 1916, and 1922, and served from January 4, 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; unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 1912 and 1916; nominated as the Progressive Party candidate for president in 1924, winning 13 electoral college votes; died in Washington, D.C., June 18, 1925; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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