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Wisconsin Assembly

Date: 1911
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisconsin Assembly.
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Wisconsin Senate

Date: 1911
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisconsin Senate.
Photograph

Wisconsin Senate

Date: 1913
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisconsin Senate of 1913.
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Merlin Hull

Date: 1913
Description: Portrait of Merlin Hull, Speaker of the Assembly.
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Socialist Members of the Wisconsin Legislature Leaving the Capitol

Date: 1919
Description: Socialist members of the Wisconsin Legislature leaving the Wisconsin State Capitol at noon.
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Wisconsin Assembly

Date: 1919
Description: Composite of portraits of the members of the Wisconsin Assembly of 1919. Includes an exterior view of the Wisconsin State Capitol building, and in the cent...
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Herman Sachtjen

Date: 1911
Description: Waist-up portrait of Herman Sachtjen, a Wisconsin Republican member of the State Assembly and Wisconsin Circuit Court judge. He graduated from the Universi...
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J.P. Donnelly

Date: 1919
Description: Oval-framed portrait of J.P. Donnelly, as part of the composite of portraits from the 1919 Wisconsin Assembly.
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T.S. Nolan

Date: 1919
Description: Oval-framed portrait of T.S. Nolan, as part of the composite of portraits from the 1919 Wisconsin Assembly.
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John J. Esch

Date: 12 29 1915
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of John J. Esch, La Crosse attorney and congressman.
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1915
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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Studio Portrait of George Cochrane Hazelton

Date: 09 05 1916
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Congressman George Cochrane Hazelton. Hazelton served as a U.S. House Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District between 1877 t...
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Edward Scofield

Date: 1913
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Edward Scofield, Republican Governor of Wisconsin, 1897-1901.
Historical Essay

Progressivism and the Wisconsin Idea

The History of the Movement
Discover how Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette, the Wisconsin Republican Party and the Progressive Movement reformed state and national government.
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.
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Governor Emmanuel Philipp with his Senators

Date: 1918
Description: Governor Emmanuel Philipp sits at his desk in a group portrait with his senators. Three other men sit in chairs behind the desk, and eleven men stand in a ...
Historical Essay

State Capitol Spittoon

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Ornamented bronze cuspidor (spittoon) used in the Wisconsin State Capitol, c. 1915-1955. (Museum object #1955.3600,A-B)
General Information

Society Honors Centennial of the Wisconsin Capitol

Information and resources on the Centennial of the Wisconsin Capitol in 2017
Historical Essay

Wisconsin and the Death Penalty

Wisconsin's first and only legal execution was for spousal murder in the 1800s. Read about past efforts to re-establish the death penalty in the state.
Historical Essay

Wisconsin Income Tax is 100 Years Old

Discover the origin of America's income tax and how Wisconsin's 1911 legislation became a national model.

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