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Formal studio portrait of Belle Case La Follette wearing a black lace dress. This photograph was taken about 1885, the year in which her husband, Robert M. La Follette, Sr., first went to Washington, D.C., as a Republican congressman. It is probably a dress that she wore to official parties and gatherings in the capital.
Historians consider Progressive Era politician Robert M. La Follette, one of the great 20th century orators. He frequently gave speeches allowing him to have constant contact with the citizens of Wisconsin. This lesson focuses on one of La Follette's "well-known" speeches, "The Danger Threatening Representative Government."
Campaign literature from Robert La Follette: La Follette publicly opposes U.S. entry into the war, 1917: Flag used to drape the caskets of La Follette Sr. and Jr. Conditions on Wisconsin Indian reservations, 1909-1910: Pictures of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. A 1906 La Follette political cartoon: A 1911 cartoon of La Follette's railroad reform
Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (1895–1953), was elected in 1925 to fill his father’s unexpired term in the Senate and was reelected three times thereafter, serving until 1947. He generally supported U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt ’s New Deal , and he drafted the congressional reorganization bill of 1946 that streamlined the legislative process in Congress.
Robert M. La Follette. Born June 14, 1855 (Primrose, Wisconsin) Died June 18, 1925 (Washington, D.C.) Politician Lawyer. Robert M. La Follette served in the United States Senate for nearly twenty years, and was a key figure in the Progressive Era (the period of the Industrial Revolution that spanned roughly from the 1890s to about 1920, in which reformers worked together in the interest of ...
2 de abr. de 2024 · Address delivered to the University of Michigan, March 12, 1898, by Robert M. La Follette. In the opening lines of this speech, La Follette stated: "Good government, then, can only be secured through good nominations. The nomination of weak, or unscrupulous men results in a weak or dishonest public service.
19 de dic. de 2013 · Robert M. La Follette (1855–1925) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, served as governor of Wisconsin, and was elected to the U.S. Senate, a position he held from 1906 to 1925. He was a founding father of American Progressivism and ran as the U.S. Progressive Party's presidential candidate in 1924, winning one-sixth of the total national vote.
