Edward Robert Garvey was an American lawyer, activist, and Democratic politician from Wisconsin. He was executive director of the National Football League Players Association from 1971 to 1983. He also ran unsuccessfully for United States Senate and Governor of Wisconsin (1998). Later in life he organized the first "Fighting Bob Fest", an annual gathering of progressive activists in Wisconsin.

Robert Marion La Follette Sr., was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the 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 presidential election. Historian John D. Buenker describes La Follette as "the most celebrated figure in Wisconsin history".