The Political Graveyard: LaFollette family of Wisconsin

LaFollette family of Wisconsin

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Robert Marion LaFollette (1855-1925) — also known as Robert M. LaFollette; "Fighting Bob"; "Battling Bob" — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born in Primrose, Dane County, Wis., June 14, 1855. Son of Josiah LaFollette and Mary (Furgeson) LaFollette; married, December 31, 1881, to Belle Case (first woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin law school); father of Robert Marion LaFollette, Jr. and Philip Fox LaFollette; grandfather of Bronson Cutting LaFollette. Lawyer; Dane County District Attorney, 1880-84; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1885-91; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1896, 1904; Governor of Wisconsin, 1901-06; U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1906-25; died in office 1925; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908, 1916; Progressive candidate for President of the United States, 1924. French ancestry. Died of heart disease complicated by asthma and pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., June 18, 1925. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
- Books about Robert M. LaFollette: Nancy C. Unger, Fighting Bob La Follette : The Righteous Reformer; Bernard A. Weisberger, The LaFollettes of Wisconsin : Love and Politics in Progressive America
Robert Marion LaFollette, Jr. (1895-1953) — also known as Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born in Madison, Dane County, Wis., February 6, 1895. Son of Robert Marion LaFollette and Belle (Case) LaFollette; married, September 17, 1930, to Rachel Wilson Young; brother of Philip Fox LaFollette; father of Bronson Cutting LaFollette. Wisconsin Republican state chair, 1925; U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1925-47; defeated in Republican primary, 1946; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1928, 1932. Protestant. Died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in the bathroom of his home, in Washington, D.C., February 24, 1953. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
- Books about Robert M. LaFollette, Jr.: Roger T. Johnson, Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. and the Decline of the Progressive Party in Wisconsin; Bernard A. Weisberger, The LaFollettes of Wisconsin : Love and Politics in Progressive America; Patrick J. Maney, Young Bob : A Biography of Robert M. LaFollette, Jr.
Philip Fox LaFollette (1897-1965) — also known as Philip F. LaFollette — of Madison, Dane County, Wis.; Douglaston, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Madison, Dane County, Wis., May 8, 1897. Son of Robert Marion LaFollette and Belle (Case) LaFollette; brother of Robert Marion LaFollette, Jr.; married, April 14, 1923, to Isabel Bacon; uncle of Bronson Cutting LaFollette. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Dane County District Attorney, 1925-27; Governor of Wisconsin, 1931-33, 1935-39; defeated, 1938; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1952. Died August 18, 1965. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
- Books about Philip F. LaFollette: Bernard A. Weisberger, The LaFollettes of Wisconsin : Love and Politics in Progressive America
Bronson Cutting LaFollette (b. 1936) — also known as Bronson C. LaFollette — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Born in Washington, D.C., February 2, 1936. Grandson of Robert Marion LaFollette; son of Robert Marion LaFollette, Jr. and Rachel Wilson (Young) LaFollette; nephew of Philip Fox LaFollette. Democrat. Lawyer; Wisconsin state attorney general, 1965-69, 1975-87; candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, 1968. Still living as of 2000.

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