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Official Primary Ballot for the Republican Party

Date: 1912
Description: Official Primary Ballot for the Republican Party on Tuesday September 3, 1912.
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Robert M. La Follette Political Cartoon

Date: 07 1925
Description: Memorial Edition.
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What is the Truth About This Man?

Date: 1951
Description: Brochure about the record of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy issued by the Democratic Organizing Committee of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Democratic Party began t...
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Thomas Fairchild Brochure

Date: 09 1952
Description: Campaign brochure issued by Thomas Fairchild after his victory in the 1952 Democratic Party primary over Henry S. Reuss. Although Fairchild did not mentio...
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Bob La Follette Jr. Brochure

Date: 08 1946
Description: Campaign brochure issued by Robert M. La Follette, Jr., after his decision to return the Wisconsin Progressive Party to the Republican Party. The brochure...
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McMurray for Senator

Date: 10 1946
Description: Campaign brochure of Howard J. McMurray, former congressman and political scientist, issued for his unsuccessful campaign against Joseph R. McCarthy in the...
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Eisenhower Christmas

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Description: Holiday card from D.C. Everest, Wisconsin paper industrialist. The front of the card reads "After twenty years we have again established sanity in governme...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

"Southport American" Whig Publication

Date: 08 02 1845
Description: Front page of "Southport American."
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Elect Gaylord Nelson to Congress

Date: 1954
Description: The front cover of a four page election mailer/newsletter for U.S. Senate candidate Gaylord Nelson. A quarter-length portrait covers most of the page. The ...
Book or Pamphlet

Political Parties, 1789-1880

Date: 1880
Description: Foldout chart illustrating the political parties of the United States, beginning with the colonial era. The explanation on the chart is as follows:

The s...

Historical Object

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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Description: Nixon-Lodge letterhead which displays a flag, and head and shoulder portraits of Richard Nixon and Henry Lodge which reads: "Californians for Nixon-Lodge."
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Emphemera

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Description: A yellow poster with black text for "A Bipartisan Party" for George H.W. Bush and Michael Dukakis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison which reads: "Tele...
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Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

Date: 11 02 1992
Description: The cover of a November 1992 edition of "The New Yorker" magazine. On the left side, down the spine, are jack-o-lanterns, bats, and ghosts with a torn loo...

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