Robert M. La Follette

Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette, Sr. (June 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925) was an American Republican. He was a U.S. senator from Wisconsin from January 2, 1906 to his death. He ran for president in 1924 but lost. If La Follette had won, he would have been the seventh president to die in office. He is thought to be one of the greatest senators in American history.

La Follette was born on June 14, 1855 in Primrose, Wisconsin. He was of English-Scottish-French descent abd studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. La Follette was married to Belle Case Le Follette from 1881 to his death. They had four children.

La Follette diedin Washington, D.C., from a heart disease, aged 70.

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 Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Grave
Free Speech and the Right of Congress to Declare the Objects of the War 
 Statement of Robert La Follette, Sr. on Communist Participation in the Progressive Movement, 26 May 1924

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