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Philip Fox La Follette (May 8, 1897 – August 18, 1965) was an American politician. He was the 27th and 29th Governor of Wisconsin, as well as one of the founders of the Wisconsin Progressive Party.
Philip Fox La Follette est un homme politique américain né le 8 mai 1897 à Madison (Wisconsin) et mort le 18 août 1965 dans cette même ville. Fils de Robert M. La Follette, il est notamment gouverneur du Wisconsin dans les années 1930.
17 déc. 2022 · Topics. La Follette, Philip Fox, 1897-1965, La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925, Progressive Party of Wisconsin, Wisconsin -- Politics and government -- 1848-1950. Publisher. New York, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. Collection.
A biography of Philip La Follette, a progressive reformer and governor of Wisconsin in the 1930s, who was ambivalent toward the New Deal and isolationist in World War II. The review praises the author's use of sources and analysis of Phil's career, achievements, and controversies.
Philip La Follette (May 8, 1897 – August 18, 1965) was the 27th and 29th Governor of Wisconsin from 1931-1933 and 1935 to 1939. He served as a Republican until becoming a member of the Wisconsin Progressive Party, which he helped to found.
Philip Fox La Follette (1897–1965) served as governor of Wisconsin in 1931–33 and 1935–39. In his first term he secured enactment of the first comprehensive unemployment compensation act in any U.S. state.
In 1930 Phil La Follette decided to challenge the Stalwart Republican incumbent, Walter Kohler, and run for governor. Using the same campaign style as his father thirty years earlier, he lamented the power of the monopolies, the accumulation of great wealth while wages plummeted, and decried "Hooverism."
