Bronson La Follette

Bronson La Follette
36th and 39th
Wisconsin Attorney General
In office
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969
Preceded by George Thompson
Succeeded by Robert W. Warren
In office
January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1987
Preceded by Victor A. Miller
Succeeded by Don Hanaway
Personal details
Born Bronson Cutting La Follette
(1936-02-02)February 2, 1936
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died March 15, 2018(2018-03-15) (aged 82)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political party Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Spouse(s) Barbara La Follette
Children 2
Residence Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Alma mater University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin Law School
Profession Lawyer

Bronson Cutting La Follette (February 2, 1936 – March 15, 2018) was the Attorney General of the state of Wisconsin. La Follette was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor of Wisconsin in 1968.

Family

Born in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the US Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr. and Rachel Wilson Young, and the grandson of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., all of Wisconsin. He was named in memory of former Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico, a close family friend who died in an airplane crash in 1935.[1][2]

Biography

La Follette went to Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland. He received a bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1958 and a law degree in 1960.[3] He worked in private practice until 1962, when he began serving as an Assistant US Attorney.[4]

In 1964 he was elected Wisconsin Attorney General and served for two consecutive two-year terms, and then three consecutive four-year terms from 1975 to 1987.[3] He challenged the incumbent Republican Governor Warren P. Knowles in the 1968 Wisconsin gubernatorial election and lost.[4] He ran for and was again elected Attorney General in 1974. Despite a 1981 conviction for drunk driving (his blood alcohol content was .12 while the legal limit was .10),[5] he was re-elected in 1982. After his 1986 defeat following an ethics investigation,[6] he retired from public service and lived in Madison.[7]

Death

La Follette died on March 15, 2018 at the age of 82 at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, in Madison, Wisconsin.[8][9][10]

Governor Scott Walker said in a statement: "Tonette and I send our prayers to the family of former Wisconsin Attorney General Bronson La Follette. He was a dedicated public servant for several decades."

See also

References

  1. ↑ "LaFollette [sic] family of Madison, Wisconsin". Politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ Patrick J. Maney. Young Bob: A Biography of Robert M. La Follette, Jr.. Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2003, pp. 152-154.
  3. 1 2 Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (comp.). State of Wisconsin 1985–1986 Blue Book. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Administration, 1985, pp. 6–7.
  4. 1 2 "Inside Campaign '74: La Follette". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wis. October 25, 1974. Retrieved July 25, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Jack Craver, "Notable Wisconsinites No Strangers to OWI Charges", Capital Times, May 26, 2013
  6. ↑ Peter Maller, "Boullion sees 'police state' tendency in La Follette ethics probe", Milwaukee Sentinel, September 19, 1986, p. 1
  7. ↑ La Follette, Bronson C. 1936. Wisconsin Historical Society.
  8. ↑ Bronson C. La Follette-death notice
  9. ↑ "Former Wisconsin Attorney General Bronson La Follette dies". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 16, 2018.
  10. ↑ Bronson C. La Follette-obituary
Legal offices
Preceded by
George Thompson		 Wisconsin Attorney General
1965-1969		 Succeeded by
Robert W. Warren
Preceded by
Victor A. Miller		 Wisconsin Attorney General
1975-1987		 Succeeded by
Don Hanaway
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