Lafollette, R
<div></div><div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/07/wisconsin-republicans-climate-change">http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/07/wisconsin-republicans-climate-change</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/wisconsin" data-link-name="auto-linked-tag" data-component="auto-linked-tag" class=" u-underline" style="color: rgb(0, 86, 137); cursor: pointer; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); -webkit-transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out; text-decoration: none !important; background: transparent;">Wisconsin</a> Republicans are looking to place a Florida-style moratorium on the ability of a key public official to work on matters related to climate change on state time.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">State treasurer Matt Adamczyk, a Republican, says his plan to prohibit Tia Nelson, the executive secretary of the state’s <a href="http://bcpl.state.wi.us/" data-link-name="in body link" data-component="in-body-link" class=" u-underline" style="color: rgb(0, 86, 137); cursor: pointer; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); text-decoration: none !important; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Board of Commissioners of Public Lands</a>, from “engaging in global warming or climate change work” on the job is part of an attempt to trim government spending, which has included <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/02/us/wisconsins-treasurer-wants-to-cut-needless-workers-starting-with-himself.html?r=0" data-link-name="in body link" data-component="in-body-link" class=" u-underline" style="color: rgb(0, 86, 137); cursor: pointer; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); text-decoration: none !important; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">fighting for his own office to be eliminated</a>.</span>
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padding: 0px; font-family: 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><font color="#333333" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nelson’s supporters on the board, including Wisconsin secretary of state </font><font color="#ff6666" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Doug La Follette</font><font color="#333333" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, have characterised the vote as a politically motivated witchhunt which comes as the result of Nelson’s participation in a global warming taskforce created by then-governor Jim Doyle, a Democrat, in 2008.</font></b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Adamczyk alleges that <a href="http://www.epa.gov/statelocalclimate/state/state-examples/action-plans.html#wi" data-link-name="in body link" data-component="in-body-link" class=" u-underline" style="color: rgb(0, 86, 137); cursor: pointer; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); -webkit-transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out; text-decoration: none !important; background: transparent;">Nelson’s co-authoring of a report</a> on policy recommendations for the state to</span><font color="#ff0000"> address climate change amounted to theft of the state’s time.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nelson declined to comment on the allegations.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">She said that in 10 years leading the agency and working with both Republican and Democratic majority boards, this marked “the first time climate change has been a part of the conversation”.
</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Adamczyk has taken a special interest in the commission’s spending since he took office in November, reportedly calling fo</span><font color="#ff0000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">r Nelson, who is the daughter of <a href="http://www.earthday.org/" data-link-name="in body link" data-component="in-body-link" class=" u-underline" style="cursor: pointer; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); text-decoration: none !important; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Earth Day</a> founder Gaylord Nelson, </font><font color="#333333" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">to be </font><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/new-wisconsin-treasurer-makes-waves-in-role-on-obscure-state-board-b99429552z1-289233071.html" data-link-name="in body link" data-component="in-body-link" class=" u-underline" style="color: rgb(0, 86, 137); cursor: pointer; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); text-decoration: none !important; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">removed from BCPL’s letterhead within a week of taking office</a><font color="#333333"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, and</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> telling </span></font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/02/us/wisconsins-treasurer-wants-to-cut-needless-workers-starting-with-himself.html?r=0" data-link-name="in body link" data-component="in-body-link" class=" u-underline" style="color: rgb(0, 86, 137); cursor: pointer; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); text-decoration: none !important; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Nelson he was “beyond disappointed”</a><font color="#333333"> that the office maintained a New York Times subscription, and urging its cancellation.</font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span></p></div><div></div><div>
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</div><div><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Robert Marion "Fighting Bob"<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[1]</a></sup> La Follette, Sr.</b> (June 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925) was an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America" title="United States of America" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">American</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republican</a> (and later a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Party(United_States,1924)" title="Progressive Party (United States, 1924)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Progressive</a>) politician. He served as a member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.House_of_Representatives" title="U.S. House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">U.S. House of Representatives</a>, was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Wisconsin" title="Governor of Wisconsin" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, and was also a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Senator" title="U.S. Senator" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Wisconsin</a> (1906 to 1925). He ran for<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">President of the United States</a> as the nominee of his own <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Party_1924(United_States)" title="Progressive Party 1924 (United States)" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Progressive Party</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.presidential_election,1924" title="U.S. presidential election, 1924" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1924</a>, carrying Wisconsin and 17% of the national popular vote.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">His wife <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Case_La_Follette" title="Belle Case La Follette" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Belle Case La Follette</a> and sons <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Jr." title="Robert M. La Follette, Jr." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Robert M. La Follette, Jr.</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_La_Follette" title="Philip La Follette" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Philip La Follette</a> led his political faction in Wisconsin into the 1940s. La Follette has been called "arguably the most important and recognized leader of the opposition to the growing dominance of corporations over the Government"<sup id="cite_ref-Am_Rad_2-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#cite_note-Am_Rad-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[2]</a></sup> and is one of the key figures pointed to in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Wisconsin</a>'s long history of political <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism_in_the_United_States" title="Liberalism in the United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">liberalism</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">He is best remembered as a proponent of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism_in_the_United_States" title="Progressivism in the United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">progressivism</a> and a vocal opponent of railroad <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust(monopoly)" title="Trust (monopoly)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">trusts</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossism" title="Bossism" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">bossism</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">World War I</a>, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">League of Nations</a>. In 1957, a Senate Committee selected La Follette as one of the five greatest U.S. Senators, along with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay" title="Henry Clay" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Henry Clay</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Webster" title="Daniel Webster" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Daniel Webster</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C.Calhoun" title="John C. Calhoun" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John C. Calhoun</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Taft" title="Robert Taft" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Robert Taft</a>. A 1982 survey asking historians to rank the "ten greatest Senators in the nation's history" based on "accomplishments in office" and "long range impact on American history," placed La Follette first, tied with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay" title="Henry Clay" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Henry Clay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[3]</a></sup> Robert La Follette is one of five outstanding senators memorialized by portraits in the Senate reception room in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Capitol" title="US Capitol" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">US Capitol</a>. One of<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/welcome.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%, 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">America's top schools for public affairs</a>, located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison bears his name.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); padding: 7px; font-size: 12px; display: table; zoom: 1; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 12px; display: inline;">Contents</h2> <span class="toctoggle" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 11px;"> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">hide</a>] </span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#Early_life" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Early life</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#Political_career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Political career</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#Governor_of_Wisconsin" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Governor of Wisconsin</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#Nominates_self_for_US_Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Nominates self for US Senate</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#Senator" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Senator</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#Opposition_to_American_involvement_in_World_War_I" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Opposition to American involvement in World War I</span></a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#Presidential_campaigns" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Presidential campaigns</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#Death_and_legacy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Death and legacy</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#Memorials" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Memorials</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#Bibliography" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Bibliography</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#Biographical" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Biographical</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#Specialty_studies" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Specialty studies</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#Primary_sources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">Primary sources</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#See_also" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#Footnotes" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#Statements" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">9.1</span> <span class="toctext">Statements</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#Biographies" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">9.2</span> <span class="toctext">Biographies</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.La_Follette,Sr.#Commemorative_Government_Initiatives_on_his_Behalf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">9.3</span> <span class="toctext">Commemorative Government Initiatives on his Behalf</span></a></li></ul></li></ul></div><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><h2 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life">Early life</span></h2></div><div>===</div>