Philip Fox La Follette

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Philip Fox La Follette

United States governor

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Philip Fox La Follette (1897–1965) served as governor of Wisconsin in 1931–33 and 1935–39. In his first term he secured enactment of the first comprehensive unemployment compensation act in any U.S. state. He and his brother, Robert, organized a separate Progressive Party in Wisconsin in…
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Philip Fox La Follette (1897–1965) served as governor of Wisconsin in 1931–33 and 1935–39. In his first term he secured enactment of the first comprehensive unemployment compensation act in any U.S. state. He and his brother, Robert, organized a separate Progressive Party in Wisconsin in…
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