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Robert M. La Follette House

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La Follette's life and political career was significantly associated with his homes in and near Madison, the state capital; before moving to his Maple Bluff house, he lived in a house on Broom Street in Madison. His house in Maple Bluff was originally situated on a 60-acre (24 ha) plot, which
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campaign against several of Wisconsin's large and politically influential corporations; his ideas won him enough popular support to secure him Wisconsin's governorship in 1900. While his Progressive plans were initially rejected by an unsympathetic state legislature, several of his policies became
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By the time La Follette purchased the house in 1905, he was already an accomplished Wisconsin politician. La Follette first gained a national political office in 1885, when he entered the
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had shrunk to 3 or 4 acres (1.2 or 1.6 ha) by the time of its National Historic Landmark nomination. The two-story brick house is composed of two sections and features
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which carried Wisconsin and earned him one-sixth of the national vote. La Follette died in 1925 of chronic illness; his wife
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and U.S. Congressman and presidential candidate, from 1905 until his death in 1925. It was declared a
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In 1905, the same year that he purchased his house in Maple Bluff, La Follette was elected to the
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law by the middle of the decade, particularly tax reform policies such as a statewide
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National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Robert M. LaFollette House
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Dane County, Wisconsin
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National Register of Historic Places in Dane County, Wisconsin
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is a historic house located at 733 Lakewood Boulevard in
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Robert M. La Follette House is located in Wisconsin
Robert M. La Follette House is located in the United States
Maple Bluff, Wisconsin
43°6′57″N 89°22′21.96″W / 43.11583°N 89.3727667°W / 43.11583; -89.3727667
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Maple Bluff
Wisconsin
Robert M. La Follette
Wisconsin governor
National Historic Landmark
U.S. House of Representatives
Republican Party
Progressive
income tax
U.S. Senate
organized labor
World War I
1924 election
Belle Case
Philip
Robert Jr.

Victorian
bay
mansard roof
LaFollette House (LaFollette, Tennessee)
Harvey Marion LaFollette

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