Civil Rights Law |
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Learn about the Milwaukee based lawyer who won two of Wisconsin's most important civil rights cases and was on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. |
Brief explanation of The Edgerton Bible case and its wider ramifications. |
A brief history of the Barstow-Bashford Affair of 1856. |
Term: Edgerton Bible Case in the Dictionary of Wisconsin History |
The Antiquated Belief of a Chief Justice |
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Discover Wisconsin Chief Justice Edward G. Ryan's opinion on women and court |
United States Supreme Court Justice |
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Biography of William H. Rehnquist, who was born in Milwaukee and went on to serve as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. |
Lawyer and Politician |
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Discover the history of Raymond Joseph Cannon |
Black Voting Rights Activist |
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Biography of Ezekiel Gillespie who was active in Milwaukee's small Black community, especially on voting rights issues. |
Lawyer, Politician, Judge, Author |
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Discover the history of John Bradley Winslow |
Term: Louis J. Ceci, 1927 in the Dictionary of Wisconsin History |
Term: Shirley S. Abrahamson (1933) in the Dictionary of Wisconsin History |
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. |
Judge, Lawyer, Politician |
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Discover the history of William Francis Bailey |
Lawyer, Politician and Governor |
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Discover the history of Wisconsin governor Bashford Coles. |
Lawyer, Politician and Businessman |
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Discover the history of Emil Baensch |
Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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Read about the 8th Wisconsin Light Artillery, known as "Lyons' Pinery Battery," which was organized at Racine and served in the Civil War from 1862-1865. |
Lawyer and Politician |
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Discover the history of Coles Bashford |
Wisconsin in the Civil War |
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Discover how a pet eagle named Old Abe helped Wisconsin serve the Union in the Civil War |
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