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 | | LA FOLLETTE, ROBERT MARION [La Follette, Robert Marion], 1855-1925, American political leader, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (1906-25), b. |
 | | Admitted (1880) to the Wisconsin bar, he practiced in Madison, Wis., and was district attorney (1880-84) of Dane co. As U.S. Representative (1885-91), he generally followed the traditionally conservative policies of the Republican party. |
 | | Their older son, Robert Marion La Follette, Jr., 1895-1953, b. |
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