La Follette, Robert M
Resigning as governor in 1906, he was elected to the Senate at a time when that institution was widely believed to be a refuge for millionaires. La Follette acquired instant fame as a new type of senator, one who was not controlled by �the interests,� and in his first three years there La Follette achieved the passage of laws aimed against the freight rates, labour policies,
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