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| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Robert Marion La Follette, Sr., a founder of the Progressive movement, governor of Wisconsin, and United States congressman and senator. |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Stereograph portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., taken during his senior year at the University of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | An engraved head and shoulders portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., during the period when he was the governor of Wisconsin. |
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| Description: | Eight young boys, including Sherman Benson, Don Finley and possibly Gaylord Nelson, pose together in a line. |
| Date: | 10 07 1962 |
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| Description: | Governor Gaylord Nelson attending a Green Bay Packers-Detroit Lions football game. From left to right: senatorial candidate Gaylord Nelson, gubernatorial c... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. when he became governor of Wisconsin. This original of this item is a postcard that was probably used for campaign p... |
| Date: | 06 15 1935 |
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| Description: | U.S. Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota and Governor Phillip La Follette standing in the governor's office. |
| Date: | 06 12 1931 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Senator "Bob" and Governor "Phil" La Follette. |
| Date: | 06 12 1931 |
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| Description: | Governor Philip La Follette signing old age pension bill surrounded by interested parties. Assemblyman Oscar Schmiele stands at the governor's left shoulde... |
| Date: | 06 12 1931 |
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| Description: | Governor Philip F. La Follette handing pen to Assemblyman Schmiege after signing old age pension bill. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Edward Scofield, Republican Governor of Wisconsin, 1897-1901. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | In 1934 the La Follette brothers, the sons of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., broke with the Republican Party and founded the Progressive Party of Wisc... |
| Date: | 03 01 1951 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr. signs a bill that would liberalize state housing loans to veterans. The legislators grouped around him in the Governor's off... |
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| Description: | Republican Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., addressing the Legislature and a broadcast audience in the Assembly Chamber. Warren P. Knowles, who would later ... |
| Date: | 01 11 1951 |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin State Legislature listens to a speech by Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr. The senators are seated in the first row, with Warren Knowles seated ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Leonard J. Farwell (1819-1889), Madison businessman-promoter and Wisconsin's only Whig governor (1852-1854). When this salted paper portrait was taken, Far... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Republican Louis P. Harvey, while he was Wisconsin secretary of state (1860-1861). Harvey became governor in January, 1862, but drowned in the ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Gaylord Nelson, later Wisconsin governor, United State senator, and a leading environmentalist of his era, on horseback at a ranch in Rosebud, Montana. |
| Date: | 10 03 1952 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., seated together in the Eisenhower Presidential campaign train dining car. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | After the death of Joseph R. McCarthy in May, 1957, seven Republicans ran in the special primary election. The most serious candidates were Congressman Gle... |
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