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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Primrose, Wisconsin
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Washington, D.C.
  • Nickname: Fighting Bob
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Robert M. La Follette was an American Republican best known as a proponent of progressivism and a fierce opponent to corporate power.

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Robert M. La Follette was an American Republican and politician who is best known as a proponent of progressivism and a fierce opponent to corporate power. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Governor of Wisconsin and a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin during his career. He also ran for President of the United States in 1924.

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