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| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Giant knife presented to John Fox Potter by Missouri Republicans after his challenge to duel with a Virginia congressman, 1860. (Museum object #1957.112) |
| A New Vision for the United States |
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| Discover how a few key political issues in the 1850s gave birth to the Republican Party |
| A brief history of the Barstow-Bashford Affair of 1856. |
| The History of the Movement |
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| Discover how Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette, the Wisconsin Republican Party and the Progressive Movement reformed state and national government. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Lawyer, 8th Wisconsin Governor |
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| Learn about the German born man who would become Wisconsin's 8th governor. This article includes links to original documents. |
| A Dishonest Democrat and a Radical Republican |
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| Learn about the election that was so close that Wisconsin briefly had two governors until one was exposed for tampering with ballots. |
| Wisconsin Works, BadgerCare, Pathways to Independence |
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| Learn about Tommy Thompson's welfare legislation that became a national model for state-supported aid to low-income families and disabled people. |
| Brief history of the Democratic party in the state of Wisconsin. |
| Newspaperman, Politician and Inventor |
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| Biography of newspaperman, a politician and typewriter inventor Christopher Latham Sholes. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Parade tunic worn by Wisconsin suffrage supporter during Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, 1916. (Museum object #1956.1450) |
| Learn about Robert M. La Follette's efforts to instill primary elections in the Wisconsin political system, replacing bribery by party bosses. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Bandana featuring music score for campaign song "We Want Teddy," used at a Milwaukee campaign rally for Theodore Roosevelt, 1912. (Museum object #1970.204) |
| Documented and Legendary Accounts of Lincoln's Visits to Wisconsin |
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| Abraham Lincoln's visits to Wisconsin, documented and legendary. |
| Assimilation |
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| Discover how the government tried to assimilate Germans and Indians into their culture. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Ceremonial container made from a gourd, presented to Wisconsin Governor William R. Taylor, 1874. (Museum object #1993.53) |
| Lumberman, Financier and Congressman |
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| Biography of Isaac Stephenson who was a lumberman, financier and congressman. |
| Learn about Robert M. La Follette's significant role in establishing the direct primary elections in Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, U.S. Congressman |
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| Brief biography of Civil War veteran and three term U.S. Congressman best remembered for disobeying orders to return fugitive slaves to their owners. |
| Read an account of the history of recall elections in Wisconsin. This article also includes a Wisconsin recall timeline and citations of scholarly sources. |
| Two Lawyers Spur Abolitionist Reform and Universal Voting Rights |
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| Learn how Byron Paine and Halbert E. Paine used the power of law for radical abolitionist reform in mid-19th century Wisconsin. |
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