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20 de mar. de 2024 · Robert M. La Follette (born June 14, 1855, Primrose, Wisconsin, U.S.—died June 18, 1925, Washington, D.C.) was an American leader of the Progressive movement who, as governor of Wisconsin (1901–06) and U.S. senator (1906–25), was noted for his support of reform legislation.
La Follette continued to attack Roosevelt, working with conservative Senator Boies Penrose, with whom La Follette shared only a dislike of Roosevelt, to establish a committee to investigate the sources of contributions to Roosevelt's 1904 and 1912 campaigns.
But for La Follette it marked the beginning of a lifelong fight for political reform. La Follette's career as a reformer began in earnest a few months later when state Republican leader Senator Philetus Sawyer offered him a bribe to fix a court case against several former state officials.
Independent and impassioned, La Follette championed such progressive reform measures as regulation of railroads, direct election of senators, and worker protection, while opposing American entry into World War I and condemning wartime restrictions on free speech.
La Follette’s bitter condemnation of Roosevelt angered many progressives and forced the senator into an independent role. La Follette supported Woodrow Wilson in 1912 and backed some of his early legislative proposals, but later became disenchanted with the president.
Hace 2 días · Robert “Fighting Bob” La Follete, a third-party candidate in the 1924 presidential election, was active in Republican politics for almost 40 years serving Wisconsin as a US representative, governor, and senator. A Republican with strong progressive principles, La Follette sought his party’s presidential nomination in 1912.
