Philip La Follette
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Philip Fox La Follette was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 27th and 29th governor of Wisconsin, from 1931 to 1933 and from 1935 to 1939. A member of the prominent La Follette famil
La Follette in 1935
La Follette (right) with his brother Robert (left) and their father, Senator Robert M. La Follette, c. 1910s
La Follette in the University of Wisconsin–Madison yearbook, 1938
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Wisconsin Progressive Party
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The Wisconsin Progressive Party was a political third party that briefly held a major role in Wisconsin politics under the two sons of the late Robert M. La Follette. It was on the political left wing
Philip La Follette
…wing of the Republican Party, La Follette left the party after losing the 1932 Republican gubernatorial primary; he returned to office running on the Wisconsin Progressive Party ticket after founding that party with his brother in 1934. In 1938, he briefly attempted to form a national progressive party (the National Progressives…
Governor Philip La Follette announces formation of the National Progressives of America, April 28, 1938.