Author: Roger T. Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Robert M. La Follette, Jr. and the Decline of the Progressive Party in Wisconsin
Author: Roger T. Johnson
Publisher: Madison : State Historical Society of Wisconsin for the Department of History, University of Wisconsin
ISBN:
Category : Progressivism (U. S. politics).
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Publisher: Madison : State Historical Society of Wisconsin for the Department of History, University of Wisconsin
ISBN:
Category : Progressivism (U. S. politics).
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr. and the Decline of the Wisconsin Progressives
Young Bob
Author: Patrick J. Maney
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 087020341X
Category : Legislators
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
He made his mark on national life as a key architect of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, a leading champion of labor rights and civil liberties, and author of legislation that endures to this present day." "Young Bob was one of the best senators in history but also one of the most tragic. In 1946, at the height of his national prominence, La Follette lost his Senate seat to Joseph McCarthy. Seven years later, with McCarthy very much on his mind, La Follette committed suicide."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 087020341X
Category : Legislators
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
He made his mark on national life as a key architect of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, a leading champion of labor rights and civil liberties, and author of legislation that endures to this present day." "Young Bob was one of the best senators in history but also one of the most tragic. In 1946, at the height of his national prominence, La Follette lost his Senate seat to Joseph McCarthy. Seven years later, with McCarthy very much on his mind, La Follette committed suicide."--BOOK JACKET.
La Follette's Autobiography
Author: Robert Marion La Follette
Publisher:
ISBN:
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.
Publisher:
ISBN:
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.
Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., His Senate Record and Program of Realistic Reform for America
Author: Sherman Eugene Harrington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Robert M. La Follette and the Decline of the Progressive Party in Wisconsin, Reprinted
Address by Senator La Follette on the Tenth Anniversary of the Progressive Party
Author: Robert Marion La Follette
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Progressivism (United States politics)
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Progressivism (United States politics)
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
The Ideology of Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr
La Follette's Autobiography
Author: Robert Marion La Follette
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislators
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislators
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Adventure in Politics: the Memoirs of Philip LaFollette
Author: Philip Fox La Follette
Publisher: Holt McDougal
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher: Holt McDougal
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description