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Robert M. La Follette

1855 - 1925

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Robert Marion La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925), nicknamed "Fighting Bob," was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the 20th governor of Wisconsin from 1901 to 1906. A Republican for most of his life, he ran for president of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in the 1924 U.S. presidential election. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert M. La Follette is the 3,874th most popular politician (up from 15,481st in 2019), the 1,412th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,147th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert M. La Follette ranks 3,874 out of 19,576. Before him are Fernando de la Rúa, Princess Thyra of Denmark, William Wilberforce, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Cleitus the Black, and Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Ramiro I of Aragon, Maurice, Elector of Saxony, Salonia Matidia, Louis, Duke of Savoy, and Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Robert M. La Follette ranks 15. Before him are Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, Percival Lowell, Ernest Chausson, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Paul Deschanel, and Eleanor Marx. After him are Arthur Nikisch, Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal, Paul-Jacques Curie, Georges Rodenbach, Inukai Tsuyoshi, and Ned Kelly. Among people deceased in 1925, Robert M. La Follette ranks 36. Before him are H. Rider Haggard, John Singer Sargent, Pier Giorgio Frassati, Percy Fawcett, Karl Abraham, and Christian Krohg. After him are Christian Michelsen, Lovis Corinth, Pierre Louÿs, Max Linder, Eugen Sandow, and Fritz Haarmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert M. La Follette ranks 1,412 out of 20,380. Before him are Tex Watson (1945), Sam Elliott (1944), Meat Loaf (1947), Kevin Hart (1979), Don Norman (1935), and Alicia Keys (1981). After him are Robert Englund (1947), William Morris Davis (1850), William J. Burns (1956), E. Donnall Thomas (1920), Matt Groening (1954), and Timothy M. Dolan (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Robert M. La Follette ranks 133. Before him are Michael Flynn (1958), Dred Scott (1795), Ben Carson (1951), John F. Kelly (1950), Paul Bremer (1941), and Eric Adams (1960). After him are Gina Haspel (1956), Charles G. Dawes (1865), Bill de Blasio (1961), Éamon de Valera (1882), Paul Manafort (1949), and John Kennedy (1951).

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