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23 de abr. de 2024 · It was a militant faith in democracy that enabled Wisconsin Sen. Robert M. La Follette as he embarked a century ago on the most successful left-wing Presidential campaign in American history. Running with the support of the Socialist Party, African Americans, women, organized labor and farmers, La Follette terrified the established ...
Hace 4 días · A Democrat until 1944, McCarthy successfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 1946 as a Republican, narrowly defeating incumbent Robert M. La Follette Jr. in the Wisconsin Republican primary, then Democratic challenger Howard McMurray by a 61% - 37% margin.
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15 de abr. de 2024 · At sixty-nine and in ill-health, Wisconsin U.S. Senator Robert M. La Follette made a third-party run for the White House in 1924. The long-time progressive Republican felt alienated from the party’s candidate that year, pro-business stalwart and incumbent President Calvin Coolidge.
17 de abr. de 2024 · Robert La Follette was the leader of a group of progressive reformers who led an attack on the power of state and national conventions. La Follette and others advocated the use of primaries instead of conventions as a way to carry out the task of nomination.
29 de abr. de 2024 · Robert M. La Follette Jr. Wisconsin 1917: Former U.S. Senator from Wisconsin; former governor of Wisconsin Joseph Rucker Lamar: Bethany 1877: Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles B. Landis: Wabash 1883: Former U.S. Representative from Indiana Milton Slocum Latham: Jefferson 1843: Former U.S. Senator from California; former ...
30 de abr. de 2024 · In 1946 he won the Republican nomination for the Senate in a stunning upset primary victory over Sen. Robert M. La Follette, Jr.; he was elected that autumn and again in 1952. Joseph McCarthy. U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy testifying before a Senate subcommittee on elections and rules in an effort to link fellow U.S. Sen. William Benton to communism.
19 de abr. de 2024 · Throughout its 115-year history, the Madison-based Progressive magazine has never lost sight of the ideals of its founder, Robert M. "Fighting Bob" La Follette, Wisconsin's most famous politician. It's what has endeared this quality magazine of progressive thought to thousands of readers across the country as it carries on La ...
