Author: Robert Marion La FollettePublisher:
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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La Follette's Autobiography
Author: Robert Marion La FollettePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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La Follette's Autobiography
Author: Robert Marion La FollettePublisher:
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Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
The autobiography of Robert La Follette (1855-1925) traces the political life and accomplishments of this eminent Republican politician from his election as district attorney for Dane County, Wisconsin in 1880 to the presidential campaign of 1912, when his bid to dislodge President William Howard Taft was pushed aside by former president Theodore Roosevelt on the Progressive Party's national ticket. The book emphasizes tactics, strategies, and coalition-building as well as La Follette's assessments of various local and national public figures. We learn little about La Follette's childhood, education, legal training or family life, although he does pay tribute to his wife, a lawyer and civic reformer in her own right. La Follette served three terms in Congress (1885-1891); and after a decade of private law practice and grassroots activism, was elected Wisconsin's governor (1900-1904). From 1905 until his death, La Follette was a senator. He crusaded at state and national level against powerful, unregulated business interests--especially the railroads--which he felt exerted undue influence upon government. He also championed open primary elections, equitable taxation of corporations, and public management of public resources by highly qualified, non-partisan public servants. While many of these influential reforms were instituted at the state level during his governorship, his contribution in the Senate may have had less to do with his legislative record than with his ability to rally forces around well-articulated programs.
La Follette's Autobiography
Author: Robert Marion La FollettePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 807
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LA FOLLETTES AUTOBIOG
Author: Robert M. (Robert Marion) La FollettePublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781363632862
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
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La Follette's Autobiography: A Personal Narrative of Political Experiences, by Robert M. La Follette
Author: Robert Marion La FollettePublisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781376635478
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Autobiography; a Personal Narrative of Political Experiences
Author: Robert Marion La FollettePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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La Follette's Autobiography
Author: Robert Marion La FollettePublisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781293360316
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
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La Follette's Autobiography
Author: Robert M. La FollettePublisher:
ISBN: 9780758113924
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Written in a clear, vigorous style, this account of Robert M. La Follette's political life and philosophy is not only a personal history, but in a large measure, a history of the Progressive cause throughout the United States. This is a book for every conscientious citizen. For, as Allan Nevins states in his Introduction, ." . . the battle La Follette led still goes on, and the lessons he instilled still need pondering."
La Follette's Autobiography
Author: Robert Marion La FollettePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780259953357
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
Excerpt from La Follette's Autobiography: A Personal Narrative of Political Experiences I shall give as faithful an account as I know how; of political events in which I have partici pated and I shall characterize the strong men whom I have known, and especially I shall endeavor to present those underlying motives and forces which are often undiscerned in Ameri can politics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
La Follette's Autobiography
Author: Robert La FollettePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Robert Marion La Follette, Sr., was voted as one of the top five senators in United States history. Yet he remains ever so slightly outside the mainstream of historical argument. Associated with the Progressive Era, he tends to fall behind Theodore Roosevelt, as he did in the 1912 campaign for the Republican nomination for President. The final chapters of this book represent a diary of that campaign. It is quite a story. Part of the myth of "Fighting Bob." But you might discover that that myth is not as mythical as it may appear. That the man stood apart from his fellow politicians because he was simply not of their kind. He was beloved in Wisconsin, not just because of his success. He was beloved because of how he achieved that success. An accomplished speaker, he chose to speak for the people of Wisconsin. Not the people who already had a voice, but those who didn't: the farmers, the workers, the women, the minorities, the rest of Wisconsin. When he talked about trusts, unlike Roosevelt, he actually wanted to do something about them. He talked about the Referendum, Recall and Initiative. He talked about them not as grand ideas, but as practical means of extending democracy to the people he represented. The only downfall of this book is that it was published in the middle of his career. But it still burns with the passions that informed that missing period. Annotations have been added to give you some understanding of the people mentioned in the text.