La+Follette



La Follette wanted to change the way the government ran themselves. He wanted to draft reform legis lation. La Follette was in the United States Senate from 1906 to 1925, so about nineteen years. His business intrests were his claim to fame. Successfully he promoted Progressive legislation high enough it was at the fedral level. He ran for president in 1924 as a Progressive Party canidate, but lost by getting one sixth of the votes.

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Information Provided by:Prentice Hall America Pathways to the Present Modern American History page 393

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