#RobertLaFollette was born #OnThisDay in 1855, serving as governor of Wisconsin & representing it in the US Senate; #FightingBob was the #ProgressiveParty's presidential nominee in 1924; since then, Democrats have betrayed his #progressive legacy...

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Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), #RobertLaFollette (1855), Alois Alzheimer (1864), Margaret Bourke-White (1904), Rudolf Kempe (1910), Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (1928), Donald Trump (1946) & Lang Lang (1982) were born #OnThisDay...

Robert La Follette

#RobertLaFollette was born #OnThisDay in 1855, serving as governor of Wisconsin & representing it in the US Senate; #FightingBob was the #ProgressiveParty's presidential nominee in 1924; since then, Democrats have betrayed his #progressive legacy...

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