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Lafollette, Robert M.,Home

Maple Bluff, Wisconsin
County of Dane.
National Register Number: 66000020
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Domestic - single dwelling. The threat level was Satisfactory in
2004.
Congressional District: WI-1 Certified Local Government: NO

Statement of Significance (as of designation - January 29, 1964):
From 1905 until his death, this was the residence of Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925). La Follette served in the House of Representatives (1885-91), but did not emerge as a major force in governmental reform until his service as Governor of Wisconsin (1901-06). As a U.S. Senator (1906-25), he continued to champion "progressive" causes and was the Progressive Party candidate for President in 1924, the year before his death.


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