Robert M. La Follette, Jr.
Robert Marion La Follette, Jr. ( born February 16, 1895 in Madison, Wisconsin, † February 24, 1953 in Washington, DC) was the successor of his father Robert La Follette sr. 1925-1947 United States Senator for Wisconsin. His brother Philip F. La Follette was governor of that state.
Life
After attending school in Madison and Washington studied Robert La Follette from 1913 to 1917 at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. He then worked as a private secretary to his father in 1919, who sat for Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate since 1906. When Robert La Follette sr. died on June 20, 1925, his son came to the election at about its mandate and was victorious, and he belonged to the Congress from the 30th September of the same year. At this time, La Follette was still Republicans; later he called together with his brother originally founded by her father as Wisconsin Progressive Party Progressive Party back to life and successfully ran for this.
Like his father, Robert La Follette, Jr., a representative of the workers' rights. In this area, he also made a name for himself as he headed 1936-1940 a committee of inquiry (La Follette Civil Liberties Committee) who revealed measures which workers should prevent them from joining a union.
After the dissolution of the Progressive Party La Follette returned in 1946 to the Republicans back. In the same year he applied for the nomination for his Senate seat, but lost in the primary against Joseph McCarthy. After his retirement from the Senate on January 3, 1947, he worked as an author and as a consultant to the Truman administration. On February 24, 1953 Robert La Follette committed with a firearm suicide. As a result, there has been speculation as to whether he had done so because of years of depression or a possible subpoena before the Committee on Un-American Activities of Senator McCarthy because of his alleged Communist contacts specified the reason was.
Robert La Follette son Bronson was also politicians and completed a total of five terms as Attorney General of Wisconsin. Unlike his father and grandfather, he was a Democrat.