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LaFollette family of Madison, Wisconsin

Robert Marion LaFollette (1855-1925) — also known asRobert M. LaFollette;"FightingBob";"Battling Bob" —of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Primrose,DaneCounty, Wis.,June 14,1855.Lawyer;DaneCounty District Attorney, 1880-84;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1885-91; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Wisconsin,1896(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1904;Governorof Wisconsin, 1901-06;U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1906-25; died in office 1925; candidatefor Republican nomination for President,1908,1916;Progressive candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1924.Frenchancestry.Died ofheartdisease complicated byasthmaandpneumonia,inWashington,D.C.,June 18,1925 (age70 years, 4days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.

Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

John Z. Saxton (1792-1872) — of Fredonia,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.; Argyle,LafayetteCounty, Wis.Born in Fredonia,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,October24, 1792.Democrat. Postmaster atFredonia,N.Y., 1835-39.Baptist.Died in Argyle,LafayetteCounty, Wis.,October30, 1872 (age80 years, 6days).Interment atOld Argyle Cemetery, Argyle, Wis.

	Relatives:Married to Mary Akin; married1862 to Mary(Ferguson) LaFollette (mother ofRobertMarion LaFollette).
		Political family:LaFollettefamily of Madison, Wisconsin (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

	Relatives: Sonof Josiah LaFollette and Mary (Ferguson) LaFollette (who latermarriedJohnZ. Saxton); married,December31, 1881, to Belle Case; father ofRobertMarion LaFollette Jr. andPhilipFox LaFollette; uncle ofCharlesSumner Eastman; grandfather ofBronsonCutting LaFollette.
		Political family:LaFollettefamily of Madison, Wisconsin (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipedia article
		Books about Robert M. LaFollette: NancyC. Unger,FightingBob La Follette : The Righteous Reformer — Bernard A.Weisberger,TheLaFollettes of Wisconsin : Love and Politics in ProgressiveAmerica — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology]
		Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, September 1902

Charles Sumner Eastman (1864-1939) — also known asCharles S. Eastman — of Hot Springs,Fall RiverCounty, S.Dak.Born in Primrose,DaneCounty, Wis.,January23, 1864.Democrat.Lawyer;real estatebusiness;FallRiver County Sheriff, 1897-1900; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from South Dakota,1900,1928;member ofSouthDakota state house of representatives 44th District, 1907-08;postmaster.Member,OddFellows.Died in Hot Springs,Fall RiverCounty, S.Dak.,August26, 1939 (age75 years, 215days).Burial location unknown.

	Presumably namedfor:CharlesSumner
		Relatives: Son of Dean Henry Eastmanand Ellen Alice (Buchanan) Eastman; married,April15, 1888, to Agnes Colgan; nephew ofRobertMarion LaFollette; second cousin four times removed ofEdwardHutchinson Robbins; fourth cousin once removed ofSumnerWellington Farnham,CarlisleStewart Abbott andEdgarAugustus Farnham.
		Political family:LaFollettefamily of Madison, Wisconsin (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).

Robert Marion LaFollette Jr. (1895-1953) — also known asRobert M. LaFollette, Jr. — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,February6, 1895.WisconsinRepublican state chair, 1925;U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1925-47; defeated in Republican primary,1946; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1932.Protestant.Died of aself-inflicted gunshotwound, in the bathroom of his home, inWashington,D.C.,February24, 1953 (age58 years, 18days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.

	Relatives: SonofRobertMarion LaFollette and Belle (Case) LaFollette; brother ofPhilipFox LaFollette; married,September17, 1930, to Rachel Wilson Young; father ofBronsonCutting LaFollette.
		Political family:LaFollettefamily of Madison, Wisconsin (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial
		Books about Robert M. LaFollette, Jr.:Roger T. Johnson,RobertM. LaFollette, Jr. and the Decline of the Progressive Party inWisconsin — Bernard A. Weisberger,TheLaFollettes of Wisconsin : Love and Politics in ProgressiveAmerica — Patrick J. Maney,YoungBob : A Biography of Robert M. LaFollette, Jr.
		Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book1940

Philip Fox LaFollette (1897-1965) — also known asPhilip F. LaFollette — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.; Douglaston, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,May 8,1897.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;DaneCounty District Attorney, 1925-26;Governor ofWisconsin, 1931-33, 1935-39; defeated, 1938; colonel in the U.S.Army during World War II; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Wisconsin,1952.DiedAugust18, 1965 (age68 years, 102days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.

	Relatives: SonofRobertMarion LaFollette and Belle (Case) LaFollette; brother ofRobertMarion LaFollette Jr.; married,April14, 1923, to Isabel Bacon; uncle ofBronsonCutting LaFollette.
		Political family:LaFollettefamily of Madison, Wisconsin (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography
		Books about Philip F. LaFollette:Bernard A. Weisberger,TheLaFollettes of Wisconsin : Love and Politics in ProgressiveAmerica

Bronson Cutting LaFollette (b. 1936) — also known asBronson C. LaFollette — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born inWashington,D.C.,February2, 1936.Democrat.Lawyer;Wisconsinstate attorney general, 1965-69, 1974-87; candidate forGovernor ofWisconsin, 1968.Still living as of 2000.

	Presumably namedfor:BronsonM. Cutting
		Relatives: Son ofRobertMarion LaFollette Jr. and Rachel Wilson (Young) LaFollette;nephew ofPhilipFox LaFollette; grandson ofRobertMarion LaFollette.
		Political family:LaFollettefamily of Madison, Wisconsin (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsoWikipediaarticle

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