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 |
Journalist and Politician |
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Discover the history of journalist and politician Albert Olaus Barton |
A brief history of the Barstow-Bashford Affair of 1856. |
Gerhard Adolph Bading |
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Discover the history of Gerhard Adolph Bading |
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. |
Lawyer, Politician, Congressman |
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Discover the history of Gilbert Motier Woodward |
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) |
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 and the Civil War |
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Use the writing of Marcus "Brick" Pomeroy to examine different opinions on the Civil War |
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. |
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