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Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Speaking from Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 11 1924
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr. speaking to a large crowd from the Wisconsin State Capitol steps. This speech marked the end of his independent campaign for the...
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Car Full of Suffragists

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Description: Members of the Political Equality League in an early Ford automobile draped with bunting reading "Votes for Women." In the front seat is Mrs. B.C. Gudden. ...
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I Like Ike

Date: 11 10 1956
Description: Bet winner and Eisenhower supporter Edwin L. Warner enjoys his payoff from bet loser and Adlai Stevenson backer John Shaat, as Shaat tows Warner along the ...
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William Proxmire's Victory

Date: 08 27 1957
Description: William Proxmire, his wife, Ellen (to Proxmire's right), and his supporters celebrate his victory in the special election to fill the Senate seat vacated u...
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Proxmire Supporters Celebrate

Date: 08 28 1957
Description: Jubilant Proxmire supporters dance in the streets in Milwaukee after Democrat William Proxmire won the special election to fill the seat left vacant by the...
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Richard Arrington, Jr.

Date: 10 1991
Description: Richard Arrington, Jr. (at the microphone), the first black to be elected mayor of Birmingham, speaks to a re-election rally. Among the supporters applaud...
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Girl and Dog Campaigning for Zeidler

Date: 
Description: A young girl on a city sidewalk with a St. Bernard that's wearing a sandwich board reading "Carl Zeidler For Mayor."
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Union Registration Effort

Date: 1950
Description: For a 1950 election, the United Packinghouse Workers Union sponsored a free bus to transport people to the voter registration site.
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Local-Option Election

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of the crowds, standing in the street, on a green space, and in front of buildings. A wagon in the foreground holds a sign that reads: "Get o...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Congressional Districts

Date: 1922
Description: A map of Wisconsin showing the state’s congressional districts, it also provides the population total for the state, each district and each county.
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Senate Districts

Date: 1922
Description: A map of Wisconsin showing the state’s Senate districts, it also provides the population total for each county.
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Judicial Circuits

Date: 1922
Description: A map of Wisconsin showing the state’s judicial districts, it also provides the population total for each county.
Photograph

Village President

Date: 04 1985
Description: "Twenty-six-year-old Martin P. Koll, who was elected Village President at the spring election, posed on Theresa's main street."
Map or Atlas

Congressional Districts Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: A hand-colored, cloth mounted map of Wisconsin showing the state’s congressional districts. The map also shows the counties, cities, towns, villages, river...
Photograph

Poll Workers

Date: 11 03 1992
Description: "Poll workers front to back: Lester Unglaub, Millie Leichtle, Evangeline Koll, and Ethel Rahjes."
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Political Cartoon Comparing Platforms

Date: 1884
Description: Political cartoon comparing the Democratic Platform with the Republican Platform. The cartoon (Democratic) on the left depicts a poor family wearing rags i...
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County Supervisor Districts and City Wards

Date: 1965
Description: A map of Milwaukee County showing the county supervisor districts and the city wards. The map also includes the names of those on the on the board of elect...
Photograph

GOP Campaign Starts in Ripon at the Little White Schoolhouse

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Philip Kuehn, left, Republican candidate for governor, chats in Ripon with Harry Dunbar, who will be 92 years old by the time he votes this fall. Dunbar, a...
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Kuehn for Governor Campaign

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Secretary of State Robert Zimmerman spoke at the brief program at the Little White Schoolhouse (also known as the Birthplace of the Republican Party) while...
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GOP Campaign at the Little White Schoolhouse

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: A Republican campaign starts at the Little White Schoolhouse, also known as the Birthplace of the Republican Party. Philip Kuehn, Republican candidate for ...

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