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Philip Fox La Follette (May 8, 1897 – August 18, 1965) was an American politician. He was the 27th and 29th Governor of Wisconsin, as well as one of the founders of the Wisconsin Progressive Party.
Philip La Follette was born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1897, the son of progressive politician Robert M. La Follette and the brother of US Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr.. He served as a Lieutenant in the US Army during World War I , and he served as the Dane County District Attorney from 1925 to 1927 before serving as Governor from 1931 to 1933 and from 1935 to 1939.
Although Philip La Follette's contribution to the La Follette family tradition, six years as governor during the Great Depression (1931-1933 and 1935-1939), may not have matched his father's or brother's in terms of national reputation or longevity of service, he certainly was a very contro-
Philip Fox ("Phil") La Follette (May 8, 1897–August 18, 1965), three-term governor of Wisconsin (1931–1933, 1935–1939), was one of the most creative and controversial politicians of the Depression era. In appearance, demeanor, and ambition, he resembled his father, Robert M. La Follette, Sr., a former Wisconsin governor and U.S. senator.
After assisting his father's presidential run in 1924, La Follette would assume leadership of the Progressive faction of the Republican Party after his father's death. Making use of the La Follette name, his father's image, his father's friends and supporters, and planks from the Progressive Platform, Philip La Follette managed to be elected governor in 1930, 1934, and 1936.
Philip Fox La Follette (May 8, 1897 – August 18, 1965) was an American politician from the US state of Wisconsin. He served three terms as the Governor of Wisconsin and helped create the Wisconsin Progressive Party. La Follette was born in Madison, Wisconsin, a member of the politically prominent La Follette family, the son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. and Belle Case La Follette, brother of ...
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