La Follette, Robert M., Jr. 1895-1953
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Name (Latin)
La Follette, Robert M., Jr. 1895-1953
Other forms of name
La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1895-1953
Follette, Robert M. La (Robert Marion La), 1895-1953
La Follette, Robert Marion, 1895-1953
LaFollette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1895-1953
Date of birth
1895-02-06
Date of death
1953-02-24
Occupation
Legislators
Secretaries
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed December 13, 2023:(La Follette, Robert Marion, Jr., (Son of Robert Marion La Follette), a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Madison, Dane County, Wis., February 6, 1895; attended the public schools of Madison and Washington, D.C.; attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison 1913-1917; private secretary to his father 1919-1925; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate on September 9, 1925, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, Robert M. La Follette; reelected as a Republican in 1928, and as a Progressive in 1934 and 1940, and served from September 30, 1925, to January 3, 1947; unsuccessful candidate for reelection as a Republican in 1946; chairman, Committee on Manufactures (Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses); a champion of organized labor, La Follette gained national prominence between 1936 and 1940 as chairman of a special Senate investigating committee, commonly called the La Follette Civil Liberties Committee, which exposed techniques used to prevent workers from organizing; author, economic-research consultant, and foreign aid advisor to the Truman administration; died in Washington, D.C., February 24, 1953, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.)
- Violations of free speech and rights of labor hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, United States Senate, Seventy-sixth Congress, Third session, pursuant to S.Res. 266, 1940:page ii (Subcommittee on Senate resolution 266 Robert M. La Follette, Jr., Wisconsin, Chairman) ( (viewed website 5/17/2023) )
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