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and how to fund it argued for the Socialist bill and against the Progressive substitute, stating that a Progressive was "a Socialist with the brains knocked out"), when both faced opposition from the conservative major parties. During the period from 1939 on, the Progressives and the Socialists of
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of Wisconsin, led by the La Follette family and their political allies, and certain radical farm and labor groups active in Wisconsin at the time. Buoying off of popular discontent with both major parties, the La Follette brothers were both successful in their bids, and the party saw a number of
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was the last Progressive to be elected Governor of Wisconsin, in the 1942 election. He died, however, before his inauguration as governor. Robert La Follette Jr. held on to his Senate seat until 1946, when the party decided to disband itself. Robert La Follette
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Their grip on power proved short-lived: they succumbed to a united Democratic and Republican front in 1938 which swept most of them out of office, including Philip La Follette. The party effectively collapsed when Philip went off to serve in the
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Milwaukee sometimes made common cause, with Socialist legislators caucusing with the minority Progressives. In 1942, Socialist
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The party was established in 1934 as an alliance between the longstanding "Progressive" faction of the
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as a Republican rather than a Progressive, but was defeated in the Republican primary by
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Gosnell, Harold F., and Morris H. Cohen. “Progressive Politics: Wisconsin an Example.”
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Kaveny, Edward T. "$ 10,000,000 Tax: Assembly Passes Compromise Bill by 73 to 15 Vote"
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The last politician to hold office from the Wisconsin Progressive Party nationally was
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Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. and the Decline of the Progressive Party in Wisconsin
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During its heyday, the Progressive Party usually did not run candidates in the
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The Sewer Socialists: A History of the Socialist Party of Wisconsin, 1897–1940
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McCoy, Donald R. "The Formation of the Wisconsin Progressive Party in 1934."
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The History of Wisconsin, Volume V: War, A New Era, and Depression, 1914–1940
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Brye, David L. "Wisconsin Scandinavians and Progressivism, 1900-1950."
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Fighting Son: A Biography of Philip F. La Follette.
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Vogel 912: 909: 906: 903: 902:Reno W. Trego 900: 897: 894: 891: 887: 884: 881: 878: 875: 872: 869: 868:Adam F. Poltl 866: 863: 860: 857: 854: 851: 848: 845: 844:James S. 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Peik 838:Tom Lomsdahl 625:2nd district 611:6th district 583:2nd district 501:Herman Ekern 475:State office 314: 282: 273:Joe McCarthy 262: 254:World War II 246: 207:and Senator 194: 180: 178: 3161:Progressive 3130:Libertarian 2876:(1949–1961) 2841:(1946–1953) 2586:45.26 / 100 2520:26.58 / 100 2400:47.78 / 100 1740:29.63 / 100 1717:26.19 / 100 1692:30.65 / 100 1667:26.03 / 100 1642:40.28 / 100 1622:41.61 / 100 1598:40.03 / 100 1571:52.12 / 100 1549:34.41 / 100 1524:46.66 / 100 1381:21.41 / 100 1356:34.82 / 100 1329:49.65 / 100 1307:29.76 / 100 1284:32.53 / 100 1259:39.78 / 100 1232:35.24 / 100 1212:34.36 / 100 1187:36.00 / 100 1163:36.10 / 100 1136:41.69 / 100 1114:46.38 / 100 1092:35.06 / 100 1069:35.25 / 100 1042:39.12 / 100 856:Earl Mullen 627:(1937–1939) 613:(1937–1945) 599:(1935–1937) 585:(1937–1939) 564:(1936–1940) 469:(1931–1939) 453:(1935–1939) 421:(1935–1946) 409:Merlin Hull 405:(1935–1943) 389:(1933–1939) 373:(1935–1939) 317:Merlin Hull 250:Pacific War 123:Agrarianism 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1080:1934 1055:1934 1028:1934 232:and 222:1936 220:and 218:1934 199:and 179:The 2496:1st 2444:1st 2242:12 2097:12 2026:1st 1987:1st 1946:1st 1942:45 1899:11 3197:: 2870:, 2835:, 2739:1 2675:1 2624:1 2558:5 2440:7 2315:7 2280:1 2170:7 2135:5 2060:5 2022:1 1983:5 1868:± 1856:± 645:, 619:, 605:, 591:, 577:, 560:, 543:, 529:, 519:, 509:, 489:, 459:, 443:, 427:, 411:, 395:, 379:, 363:, 342:, 312:. 275:. 260:. 244:. 3075:e 3068:t 3061:v 1908:– 77:) 59:)

Index

Leader
Philip La Follette
Robert M. La Follette, Jr.
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Ideology
Wisconsin Idea
Progressivism
Populism
Agrarianism
Co-operative economics
Green
Politics of the United States
Political parties
Elections
Wisconsin
Philip La Follette
Robert M. La Follette, Jr.
Wisconsin Governor
Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Republican Party
1934
1936
U.S. House
Wisconsin State Senate
Wisconsin State Assembly
New Deal coalition
Franklin Roosevelt
Pacific War
World War II

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