La-follette


Robert Marion, 1855–1925, U.S. political leader: U.S. senator 1906–25.
Contemporary Examples

The Liberal Case for Stonewalling Samuel P. Jacobs January 4, 2011
The GOP’s Last Identity Crisis Remade U.S. Politics Michael Wolraich July 23, 2014

Historical Examples

Theodore Roosevelt and His Times Harold Howland
Wigwam and War-path; Or the Royal Chief in Chains A. B. (Alfred Benjamin) Meacham
Contemporary American History, 1877-1913 Charles A. Beard
A Preface to Politics Walter Lippmann
Plum Pudding Christopher Morley
Railroads: Rates and Regulations William Z. Ripley
The Cloud Sartell Prentice

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