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Hace 2 días · WORT 89.9FM Madison. Bob La Follette's 1924 Bid for President with Historian Richard Drake. A hundred years ago, Wisconsin’s U.S. Senator, Robert M. La Follette made his mark on national politics by running as an independent third party candidate for the White House. He captured a record breaking one-sixth of the popular vote.
Hace 5 días · 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 economic ...
Hace 2 días · Progressives at the State Level In Wisconsin, Robert La Follette established a strong personal following as governor who won passage of the “ Wisconsin Idea ” a series of Progressive measures that included a direct primary law, tax reform and state regulatory commissions to monitor railroads, utilities, and business such as insurance.
Hace 1 día · In his campaign, McCarthy attacked La Follette for not enlisting during the war, although La Follette had been 46 when Pearl Harbor was bombed. He also claimed La Follette had made huge profits from his investments while he, McCarthy, had been away fighting for his country.
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Hace 1 día · Henry Browne (b. 1915), Robert Browne (b. 1918), and Jean Browne (b. 1920). Wallace and his family lived in Des Moines until Wallace accepted appointment as secretary of agriculture, at which point they began living in an apartment at Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. [181] In 1945, Wallace and his wife purchased a 115-acre farm near South Salem, New York , known as Farvue. [182]
Hace 4 días · Washington built the Tuskegee Institute, opened on July 4, 1881, from a single building into the largest and most successful normal and industrial school for black students in the South. In the process he became arguably the most powerful black man in U.S. history to that date. Washington’s Atlanta Exposition Address elicited praise across ...
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