Oral history interview with Burton K. Wheeler [sound recording], 1956.

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Oral history interview with Burton K. Wheeler [sound recording], 1956.

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Interview, June 28, 1963, by William K. Alderfer and David Thelan of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, at Hartland, Wis., with Senator Burton K. Wheeler, relating to Wisconsin political leaders Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr. and the election of 1924, Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., Congressman John M. Nelson, Governor John J. Blaine, and Senator Joseph R. McCarthy.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925

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Robert Marion La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925), colloquially known as Fighting Bob, was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the Governor of Wisconsin. A Republican for most of his career, he ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in the 1924 presidential election. Historian John D. Buenker describes La Follette as "the most celebrated figure in Wisconsin history." Born...

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Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975

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Burton Kendall Wheeler was born in Hudson, Mass., on 27 Feb. 1882 and moved to Montana shortly after his graduation from law school in 1905. He began his law career in Butte, serving as U.S. Attorney for Montana from 1913 to 1918 prior to his election to the U.S. Senate in 1922. In 1924 he ran unsuccessfully for vice-president on the Progressive Party presidential ticket. Wheeler is remembered as one of the most powerful senators in Washington, D.C., in the 1930s. Chairman of the Interstate Comm...

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Nelson, John Mandt, 1870-1955

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