William La Follette

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William La Follette

William Leroy La Follette (born November 30, 1860 in Thorntown , Boone County , Indiana , †  December 20, 1934 in Colfax , Washington ) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1919 he represented the state of Washington in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William La Follette attended his homeland public schools including Indiana Central Normal College . He also worked as a shop clerk. In 1876 he moved to the Willamette Valley in Oregon and in 1877 to the Palouse area , also in Oregon. There and in Whitman County , Washington, he worked in ranching and fruit growing. In 1908 he moved to Pullman .

Politically, La Follette was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1899 and 1901 he was a member of the Washington House of Representatives . Already in 1893 he was a member of the Washington delegation at the World's Fair in Chicago on. There he headed the state of his state. In the 1910 congressional elections he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of Washington state , where he succeeded Miles Poindexter on March 4, 1911 . After re-election in 1912, he was able to represent his district in Congress until March 3, 1915 . In 1914, he was re-elected to the US House of Representatives in the fourth district to succeed James W. Bryan . After being re-elected in 1916, he was able to complete two further legislative terms there. From 1911 to 1919 he was represented in Congress for four legislative terms. During this time the First World War fell . In 1913, the 16th and 17th amendments to the constitution were passed.

In the 1918 elections, La Follette was not nominated for re-election by his party. After serving in the US House of Representatives, he lived in Spokane until 1920 and then in Maryland for two years . He then settled in Colfax, where he continued his previous activities.

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SURNAME La Follette, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES La Follette, William Leroy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Thorntown , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 1934
Place of death Colfax , Washington