Article: Fighting son; a biography of Philip F. La Follette.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: Fighting Son: A Biography of Philip F. La ...
Isthmus;  December 8, 2006 ;     576 words ...Review Fighting Son: A Biography of Philip F. La Follette By Jonathan Kasparek (Wisconsin Historical Society ... work of shepherding hallmark legislation into law. In Fighting Son, Jonathan Kasparek fleshes out second son Phil, a gregarious ...

Article: La Follette's 1924 run offers glimpse of what's in ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 25, 2000 ;     700+ words ...La Follette's 1924 run offers glimpse of what's in ... 1924, when Wisconsin Sen. "Fighting Bob" La Follette ran as an independent. Back in 1924, press reports predicted that La Follette would carry Wisconsin and possibly 12 Northwestern ...

Article: Theory links La Follette suicide to McCarthy
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Theory links La Follette suicide to McCarthy 'Young Bob,' an ex ... When Joseph McCarthy knocked Sen. Robert M. La Follette Jr. from office in a 1946 primary election that ended La Follette's political career, it marked the first ...

Article: La Follette, Robert M. 1855-1925
American Decades;      700+ words ...LA FOLLETTE, ROBERT M. 1855-1925 Governor of ... governor of Wisconsin in 1900, Robert La Follette emerged as one of the most impassioned ... nickname "Battlin' Bob." Background La Follette was born into a poor but respectable ...

Article: La Follette, Robert Marion
West's Encyclopedia of American Law;      700+ words ...LA FOLLETTE, ROBERT MARION Robert Marion La Follette was an important U.S. political leader during the first ... reform movement that has been labeled Progressivism. La Follette was born in Primrose, Wisconsin, on June 14, 1855 ...

Article: LA FOLLETTE FADED IN 1924, AND SO WILL NADER THIS ...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  August 27, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Wisconsin Sen. ``Fighting Bob'' La Follette ran as an independent. Back in 1924, press reports predicted that La Follette would carry Wisconsin and possibly ... states. Journalists forecast that La Follette's power and influence would divide ...

Article: LA FOLLETTE MATTERS MORE THAN EVER.(EDITORIAL)(JOHN ...
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  June 14, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Byline: John Nichols Robert M. La Follette was born 80 years after the shots fired ... promise of the American experiment. La Follette was a true son of Wisconsin, born and ... merely a historic figure. Robert M. La Follette's progressive vision remains the essential ...