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University of Wisconsin–Madison ( BS) Signature. Robert Marion La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925), was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the governor of Wisconsin from 1901 to 1906. A Republican for most of his life, he ran for president of the United States ...
75001736 [1] Added to NRHP. May 29, 1975. The LaFollette House (also known as Glen Oaks [2]) is a historic house in LaFollette, Tennessee, U.S.A.. It was built in the 1890s for Grant LaFollette and Harvey Marion LaFollette, two brothers who owned the LaFollette Coal and Iron Company. [3] The LaFollette brothers also built the North Tennessee ...
La Follette began her political career in the 1960s as an aide to then Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty. In 1969 she won a seat on the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees. She was a candidate for state controller in 1974 but lost in the Republican primary. [2] In 1975 she was defeated for reelection to the college board by Ira Reiner ...
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. (February 6, 1895 – February 24, 1953) was an American politician who served as United States senator from Wisconsin from 1925 to 1947. A member of the La Follette family, he was often referred to by the nickname "Young Bob" to distinguish him from his father, Robert M. "Fighting Bob" La Follette, who had served as a U.S. senator and governor of Wisconsin.
January 29, 1964 [2] Robert M. La Follette House is a historic house located at 733 Lakewood Boulevard in Maple Bluff, Wisconsin, United States. The house was the home of Robert M. La Follette, Wisconsin governor and U.S. Congressman and presidential candidate, from 1905 until his death in 1925. [3] It was declared a National Historic Landmark ...
LaFollette is a city in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 7,456 at the 2010 census , [ 5 ] with an estimated population in 2018 of 6,737. [ 6 ] It is the principal city of the LaFollette, Tennessee micropolitan statistical area , which includes all of Campbell County, and is a component of the Knoxville Metropolitan ...
John William Davis (April 13, 1873 – March 24, 1955) was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer. He served under President Woodrow Wilson as the Solicitor General of the United States and the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He was the Democratic nominee for president in 1924, losing to Republican incumbent Calvin Coolidge .
Summers died a week later at her Marion home from complications of the bite. Medically presumed to have succumbed to the bite on or about the afternoon of Friday, May 23, 2008, Summers was discovered dead in her home, apparently from complications due to the bite, several days later on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2008. January 29, 2008