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Robert M. La Follette

1855 - 1925

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Robert Marion La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925), nicknamed "Fighting Bob", was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the governor of Wisconsin from 1901 to 1906. A Republican for most of his life, he ran for president of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in the 1924 U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert M. La Follette has received more than 948,244 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Robert M. La Follette is the 15,484th most popular politician (down from 15,013th in 2019), the 8,145th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,969th in 2019) and the 519th most popular American Politician.

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 4.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert M. La Follette ranks 15,484 out of 19,576. Before him are León Cortés Castro, Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith, Jacques Poos, Hu Chunhua, Zigmantas Balčytis, and María Teresa Fernández de la Vega. After him are Bülent Arınç, Ritt Bjerregaard, Ecgberht of Kent, Ernest Shonekan, Barbara Hendricks, and John P. Kennedy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Robert M. La Follette ranks 92. Before him are C. V. Boys, Vittoria Aganoor, Olive Schreiner, Alfred Ewing, Marie Stritt, and Ludwig Ganghofer. After him are Henry Nicholas Ridley, Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, William Friese-Greene, Pierre Puiseux, August Spies, and Clinton Hart Merriam. Among people deceased in 1925, Robert M. La Follette ranks 129. Before him are Samuel Berger, Charles Collignon, Jean de Reszke, Zivar bey Ahmadbeyov, Ignacio Andrade, and Herbert Lawford. After him are Robert Wrenn, João Pinheiro Chagas, Lars Jørgen Madsen, Nikolai Golitsyn, Wilhelmina Drucker, and Willard Metcalf.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert M. La Follette ranks 8,145 out of 20,380. Before him are Christopher Browning (1944), Johnnie Parsons (1918), Paul Creston (1906), Margaret Woodbridge (1902), Cliff Edwards (1895), and Mike Farrell (1939). After him are Faith Domergue (1924), Blossom Rock (1895), Ken Howard (1944), Karen Silkwood (1946), Lewis Wilson (1920), and Jake Roberts (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Robert M. La Follette ranks 519. Before him are Thomas Ewing (1789), Bisher Al-Khasawneh (1969), Alphonso Taft (1810), Wilbur Ross (1937), Asa Hutchinson (1950), and Frederick Muhlenberg (1750). After him are John P. Kennedy (1795), Morrison Waite (1816), Bill Bradley (1943), John J. Sullivan (1959), Andrew Cuomo (1957), and William R. Day (1849).

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