[1924] · Chicago
by [ROBERT M. LAFOLLETTE [aka LA FOLLETTE]
Chicago: Socialist Party, [1924]. Handbill 15cm x 11cm, printed both sides. On newsprint. Toned, light wear; Very Good. Scarce campaign handbill promoting the 1924 Presidential candidacy of Wisconsin senator Robert M. "Fighting Bob" LaFollette. LaFollette began the campaign as the candidate of the Farmer-Labor Party, but after denouncing the Party's radical left wing he was forced to split and form his own independent Progressive Party. He was never actually a Socialist Party candidate, but the Party was among the coalition that supported his candidacy. (Inventory #: 29581)