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June 14, 1855 june 18, 1925, colloquially known as fighting bob, was an american lawyer and politician. If fighting bob were alive today, hed be howling in the capitol. House of representatives, was the governor of wisconsin, and was a u. He was the unsuccessful presidential candidate of the league for progressive political. Encourage students to meet success by providing them with the newest, best classroom books and materials from follett, including bundles, classroom novels, teacher editions, test prep, and more. Expansion richard drake studies in american thought and culture paul s. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Who was this man called fighting bob, who influenced so many reformers and. Every day, follett serves over half of the students in the united states, and works with 70,000 schools as a leading provider of education technology, services. In the senate he would be a powerful voice for native and african americans, workers rights and the general idea of goverment for the people. Fighting bobs sad end wisconsin historical society photo 3562 in the summer of 1897, wisconsin gubernatorial candidate robert m.
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