La Follette Family

The La Follette family is a family of politicians from the United States. Below is a list of members:

• Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (1855–1925), District Attorney of Dane County, Wisconsin 1880-1884; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 1885-1891; delegate to the Republican National Convention 1896, 1904; Governor of Wisconsin 1901-1906; U.S. Senator from Wisconsin 1906-1925; candidate for Republican nomination for President of the United States 1908, 1916; candidate for President of the United States 1924. Belle Case La Follette was his wife. Fola La Follette was his daughter; Fola La Follette's husband the playwright George Middleton was his son-in-law. His sister Josephine La Follette was married to Robert G. Siebecker, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. First cousin of William La Follette.
  • Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (1895–1953), son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.; U.S. Senator from Wisconsin 1925-1947, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1928, 1932.
    • Bronson La Follette (1936-), son of Robert M. La Follette, Jr.; Attorney General of Wisconsin 1965-1969, 1975-1987.
  • Philip La Follette (1897–1965), son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.; District Attorney of Dane County, Wisconsin 1925-1927; Governor of Wisconsin 1931-1933, 1935-1939.
• Harvey Marion LaFollette (1858-1929), brother of William La Follette and first cousin of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction and one of the founders of LaFollette, Tennessee.
• William La Follette (1860–1934), first cousin of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.; Washington House of Representatives 1899-1901, U.S. Representative from Washington 1911-1919.
  • Suzanne La Follette (1893–1983), daughter of William La Follette; journalist.
  • Chester La Follette (1897–1993), son of William La Follette; painter.
  • William Leroy LaFollette, Jr. (1890-1950), son of William La Follette; Washington House of Representatives 1939.
    • Mimi LaFollette Summerskill (1917-2008), daughter of "Roy" LaFollette; author and educator
      • Richard L. Wright (1943-) son of Mimi LaFollette Summerskill; political leader

• Charles M. La Follette (1898–1974), third cousin of Robert M. La Follette, Jr. and Philip La Follette; Indiana House of Representatives 1927-1929, U.S. Representative from Indiana 1943-1947.
• Doug La Follette (1940-), great-grandson of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.'s uncle, Secretary of State of Wisconsin (1975–1979, 1983-present)

NOTE: Charles M. La Follette was also great-grandson of U.S. Representative William Heilman.