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| Read an account of the history of recall elections in Wisconsin. This article also includes a Wisconsin recall timeline and citations of scholarly sources. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | La Follette political cartoon. La Follette and presidential candidates Root, Shaw, Taft, and Fairbanks at a fish pond. |
| Date: | 1901-02-27 |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | This map is indexed and shows numbering system, public buildings and parks, wards, and voting booths. |
| Date: | 09 19 1900 |
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| Description: | Pamphlet of Robert M. La Follette's first speech of the campaign that took place at Schlitz Park. The pamphlet contains the full speech. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Hand-drawn and colored maps of Wisconsin showing how each county voted in the gubernatorial race of 1865, and on a referendum regarding suffrage for Africa... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "International Union of the United Brewery Workmen of America, Union Made Beer, Ale a... |
| Learn about America's presidential elections since 1856 and discover how Wisconsin voted. |
| Date: | 02 1908 |
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| Description: | A view of the crowds at an election. The crowd, mostly women, stand in front of the post office. A sign says "God Made the Water." Printed below the image:... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Certificate submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Hotel and Restaurant Employes International Alliance and Bartenders Internatio... |
| Date: | 05 28 1909 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Features an illustration of a Japanese woman wearing traditional clothing. In the bac... |
| Learn about Robert M. La Follette's significant role in establishing the direct primary elections in Wisconsin. |
| Learn about Robert M. La Follette's efforts to instill primary elections in the Wisconsin political system, replacing bribery by party bosses. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the crowds, standing in the street, on a green space, and in front of buildings. A wagon in the foreground holds a sign that reads: "Get o... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | A Republican campaign placard that could be hung by a red, white and blue ribbon threaded through eyelets at the top. Portraits of Theodore Roosevelt (cand... |
| Date: | 01 21 1901 |
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| Description: | Back and front covers of the ninth dinner of the Six O'Clock Club, an organization that met several times a season to hear speakers on various civic issues... |
| How Years of Failure led to Success |
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| Discover the history of suffrage in Wisconsin, and how the state became the first to ratify the 19th amendment after many difficulties. |
| Governor and Progressive |
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| Discover how Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette and the Progressive Movement reformed state government and the Republican Party. |
| 1850-2009 |
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| Photographs of political campaign techniques of the past. |
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