William Leroy LaFollette Jr.

[2][3] Roy was raised in Whitman County on his family wheat ranches and fruit orchards.

While still a law student, he ran his father, William La Follette's, Congressional office in the nation's capital.

The Congressman shared his Mount Pleasant, Washington, D.C. house with his cousin, Robert M. La Follette and his family.

At the age of 26, Roy returned to Washington State to run for Prosecuting Attorney in Whitman County.

[8] He was often accompanied by his wife, Helen, on the piano and his daughters: Mimi and Mary Lee, who performed Scottish dances as he played and sang.