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Robert Marion LaFollette COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Papers I Processed: IB Date: 3/26/56 ROBERT MARION LA FOLLETTE (1855 - 1925) The papers of Robert M. LaFollette, attorney, Congressman, crusading liberal, U. S. Senator from Wisconsin, are divided between the Wisconsin State Historical Society in Madison and the Library of Congress. The collection in the Wisconsin State Historical Society deals mainly -with Mr, LaFollette1s early career (pre-Senatorial), particularly his period as Governor (1901-05)• There are only a few scattered papers dated after 1910 and none of these relate to the Federal Reserve System, The collection is arranged chronologically. No detailed index has been made, but it is open for research. Papers relating to LaFollette1s Senatorial career after 1906 are in the Library of Congress but are closed to all but the LaFollette family. See: Letter of 3/17/56 from Wisconsin State Historical Society filed under LA FOLLETTE, ROBERT M. J Rooert Marion LaFollette II - 2 Biographical Jtfote 1855, June H Born, Primrose, Wisconsin 1879 B.S., Univ. of Wisconsin 1880 Admitted to bar 1880-84 District attorney, Dane County 1881, Dec, 31 Married Belle Case 1885-91 Member, 49th to 51st Congresses, 3rd Wisconsin District 1896, 190^ Delegate, Republican National Convention 1901-05 Governor of Wisconsin; elected for 3 terms (1901-07) bu6 resigned in 1905 to become U. S. Senator 1905-25 U, S. Senator 1908 Received 25 votes for presidential nomination, Republican National Convention, Chicago 1925, June 18 Died Author of: A Personal Narrative of Political Experiences. 1913. (autobiography) See: Who Was Who in America, 1897-1942, vol. I, Marquis
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