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Poster

Women Can Vote

Date: 1919
Description: Poster for school elections on Tuesday, March 18th, and April 1st, 1919. After 1901, women in Wisconsin were able to vote in school elections, which was an...
Photograph

Spring Election in Madison

Date: 04 02 1962
Description: Madison residents turn out to vote during the 1962 spring elections.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Naturalization draws many as elections near

Date: 1924-01-20
County: Dane
City: Madison
Newspaper Article/Clipping

May back own candidates in 1924 elections

Date: 1923-12-02
County: Dane
City: Madison
Biographical Book Excerpt

Roberts, Gaige, S

Date: 1897 - 1968
County: 
Photograph

Spring Election 1961

Date: 04 04 1961
Description: "We Saw You Performing Your Civic Duty" in the spring 1961 elections. A pensive woman voter, her slip in hand, waits a turn in the booth.
Photograph

Young Cubans with Petitions

Date: 1980
Description: Four smiling young Cubans with petitions for camp nomination elections. Photographs made on July 4, 1980, by Archibald of Cuban refugees who had arrived as...
Photograph

1948 Primary Elections

Date: 09 21 1948
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of voters and five curtained voting machines at Ward 10.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

City observes 80th year of local elections on April 1; government thrice changed

Date: 1933-03-25
County: Rock
City: Janesville
Photograph

Governor Walter S. Goodland

Date: 05 25 1944
Description: Governor Walter S. Goodland filing nomination papers at the Secretary of State Office with Gaige E. Roberts, chief of the elections and records division.
Photograph

1948 Primary Elections

Date: 09 21 1948
Description: Governor and Mrs. Rennebohm casting their ballots at their home precinct in Maple Bluff. The governor was a candidate in that primary election.
Historical Essay

The History of Recall Elections in Wisconsin

Read an account of the history of recall elections in Wisconsin. This article also includes a Wisconsin recall timeline and citations of scholarly sources.
Photograph

Byrnes' Balloons

Date: 1962
Description: Boy holds up balloons for Congressman Byrnes during his 1962 campaign.
Photograph

We Saw You . . . at Council Changeover

Date: 04 17 1960
Description: The Madison City Council holds a reorganizing meeting after the spring elections. Alderman Harrison L. Garner, 13th Ward, starting his 31st year on the Cit...
Photograph

Stassen-for-President Campaign

Date: 03 02 1948
Description: Victor Johnston (right) state manager of the Stassen-for-President campaign presenting nomination papers for fifteen of the Republican National Convention ...
Photograph

Gaylord Nelson Speaks at Democratic Convention

Date: 1962
Description: Nelson stands at a podium and addresses a crowd during a Democratic Convention, probably during the 1962 Senate elections. Behind Nelson are three oversize...
Photograph

Tattered Flag

Date: 09 09 1978
Description: View of tattered flag at the Marquette Middle School Polling Place.
Photograph

Governor Oscar Rennebohm Listens to Broadcast

Date: 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm and friends listening to broadcast.
Photograph

Barton in Crowd during Election Campaign

Date: 1940
Description: Bruce Barton in a large crowd during his 1940 campaign for election to the U.S. Senate.
Print

Official Primary Ballot for the Democratic Party

Date: 1912
Description: Official Primary ballot Tuesday September, 1912. City of Madison-Tenth Ward for the Democratic Party.

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