Template:Did you know nominations/Robert M. La Follette
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 10:25, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
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Robert M. La Follette
Robert M. La Follette recording a radio speech in 1924, months before his death.
- ... that Robert M. La Follette (pictured) has been referred to as "Fighting Bob" and "the most celebrated figure in Wisconsin history"? Source: Unger, Nancy C. (2000). Fighting Bob La Follette: The Righteous Reformer. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-2545-7; Buenker, John D. (1998). "Robert M. La Follette's Progressive Odyssey". The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 82 (1):30
- ALT1:... that 34 years after his death, Robert M. La Follette (pictured) was selected by a senate committee as one of the 5 senators to be listed in the senatorial "hall of fame"? Source: The "Famous Five"
- ALT2:... that despite contesting the 1924 presidential election as a third party candidate, Robert M. La Follette (pictured) received approximately 16.6% of the popular vote? Source: Guide to U.S. Elections. SAGE Publications. 2009. ISBN 978-1-60426-536-1. p. 310
- Reviewed the following:
Improved to Good Article status by Kavyansh.Singh (talk). Self-nominated at 14:04, 21 October 2021 (UTC).
Article meets all the criteria, and passes Earwig. The hooks don't blow me away, but ALT2 seems slightly better than the others. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 20:50, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for your review! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 05:04, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
ALT2 to T:DYK/P3