Robert M. La Follette

(noun)

Robert Marion La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925) was the Progressive Party candidate for president in 1924. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Governor of Wisconsin, and U.S. Senator from Wisconsin from 1906 to 1925.

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Examples of Robert M. La Follette in the following topics:

  • Democracy

    • Robert M.
    • La Follette, Sr.
    • To implement this program, La Follette began working with University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty.
    • Robert M.
    • La Follette, Sr. served as a member of the U.S.

  • The Election of 1924

    • Davis was a conservative, causing many liberal Democrats to move their support to the third-party campaign of Senator Robert M.
    • La Follette of Wisconsin, who ran as the candidate of the Progressive Party.
    • La Follette, a former U.S.
    • In 12 states, the La Follette vote was greater than that cast for Davis.
    • Bryan of Nebraska, and La Follette, paired with Montana Senator Burton K.

  • The Retreat from Progressivism

    • The national political leaders included Theodore Roosevelt, Robert M.
    • La Follette, Sr., Charles Evans Hughes, and Herbert Hoover on the Republican side, and William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson and Al Smith on the Democratic side .
    • Harding ran against Democratic Ohio Governor James M.

  • The Progressive Era

    • The national political leaders included Theodore Roosevelt, Robert M.
    • La Follette, Sr., and Charles Evans Hughes on the Republican side, and William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson and Al Smith on the Democratic side.

  • AFL and WWI

    • American Federation of Labor head Samuel Gompers (right) endorsed the pro-labor independent Presidential candidate Robert M.
    • LaFollette in 1924.

  • Administrative Corruption

    • Kendrick called for an inquiry, which was led by Senator Robert La Follette of Wisconsin and included Senator Thomas J.
    • Albert Fall was a member of the so-called Ohio Gang that also included Attorney General Harry M.

  • Moral Imperialism

    • This interpretation was popular among left-wing Progressives (led by Senator Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin) and among the "agrarian" wing of the Democratic party.

  • Conclusion: The Successes and Failures of Progressivism

    • Leading politicians from both parties, most notably Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Evans Hughes, and Robert LaFollette on the Republican side, and William Jennings Bryan and Woodrow Wilson on the Democratic side, took up the cause of progressive reform.

  • References

    • Audi, Robert.
    • Burke, James and Robert Ornstein.
    • Fisher, Robert.
    • Tarcher, Inc.: LA 1989.
    • Methodology and Economics: a critical introduction, M.E.

  • Elements of Reform

    • In Wisconsin, the stronghold of Robert LaFollette, the Wisconsin Idea used the state university as a major source of ideas and expertise.