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Testing the Political Waters

Date: 1987
Description: Dick Gephardt testing the support for his presidential candidacy at the Wisconsin Democratic convention. With him is Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin...
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Republican State Convention

Date: 06 12 1948
Description: Representative Glenn Davis, Waukesha, convention chairman for the Wisconsin Republican State Convention, and Harvey Higley, Marinette, State GOP Chairman.
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Testing the Political Waters

Date: 06 1987
Description: Governor Bill Clinton looking for support for his presidential ambitions at the 1987 Wisconsin Democratic convention. With him is Congressman David R. Obey...
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State Republican Party Convention

Date: 06 21 1947
Description: Jake Lindgard, Mount Horeb, greeting Congressman Glenn Davis, representative for the Second Congressional District.
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Republican State Convention

Date: 06 12 1948
Description: Group portrait of Republican party leaders attending the Wisconsin State Republican Party Convention. Pictured left to right: Representative Alvin E. O'Kon...
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Republican National Convention

Date: 07 07 1952
Description: William H. Young (left), University of Wisconsin professor and research consultant for Governor Walter Kohler, chats with State Senator Jess Miller of Rich...
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Republican State Convention

Date: 06 12 1948
Description: Representative Glenn Davis, chairman of the Republican State Convention, shown at the podium addressing the delegates.
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Republican State Convention

Date: 06 12 1948
Description: Representative Glenn Davis, chairman of the Republican State Convention at left, and Representative John Byrnes, right, keynote speaker at the convention.
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Candidate Robert Taft

Date: 07 07 1952
Description: Senator Robert A. Taft, right, confers with his convention floor manager Thomas Coleman of Madison and a group of supporters after Wisconsin Republican del...
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Republican State Convention

Date: 06 12 1948
Description: Group portrait of Republican party leaders attending the Republican State Convention. Pictured left to right: Representative Reid F. Murray; U.S. Senator A...
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Democratic Party State Convention

Date: 10 11 1957
Description: State Assemblyman Carl Thompson of Stoughton, and U.S. Senator William Proxmire talk at the Democratic State Convention held at the Hotel Loraine. Thompson...
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Republican National Convention

Date: 07 07 1952
Description: Portrait of Senator Bernhard Gettelman, Milwaukee, left, and Frederick H. Holtz, Milwaukee, both Warren delegates on the convention floor at the Chicago Re...
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Kefauver for Vice President Headquarters

Date: 08 13 1956
Description: Three men are sitting in a room holding papers. A handmade sign on the door reads: "KEFAUVER FOR VICE PRESIDENT HDQ." Caption reads: "A makeshift sign
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Proxmire at Convention

Date: 07 21 1952
Description: William Proxmire chats with fellow delegate Edna Bowen on the floor of the National Democratic Convention. Proxmire, then an assemblyman, was making his fi...
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Wayne Morse at a Crossroads

Date: 07 07 1952
Description: Republican Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon wears the "I LIke Ike" button while standing on the floor of the national party convention in Chicago. Born in Wi...
Historical Essay

Strong, Moses McCure 1810-1894

Lawyer, Politician, Land Speculator, Promoter and Author
Biography of lawyer, politician, land speculator and promoter and author of a History of the Territory of Wisconsin, Moses Mccure Strong.
Historical Essay

What Was the 1964 Freedom Summer Project?

Read an overview of this pivotal event in the nation's civil rights era

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