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| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Members of the La Follette family and guests in front of the Robert M. La Follette, Sr., statue in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol at the time of its unv... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Detail of several senators. The Senate was less crowded than the Assembly because of its small numbers, allowing a better glimpse of the floral carpet and ... |
| Date: | 09 18 1952 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy speaking with reporters at LaGuardia Airport shortly after his victory over Len Schmitt in the Wisconsin Republican primary. McC... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 11 22 1948 |
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| Description: | Some members at Dane County Democratic Club Victory Supper. Seated from left to right are Mrs. Julia Boegholt, national committeewoman for the state, Geor... |
| Date: | 11 22 1948 |
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| Description: | Assemblywoman Ruth Doyle with James Doyle, her husband, who was co-chairman of the state party's organizing committee which planned the campaign. |
| Date: | 03 02 1949 |
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| Description: | Lyall T. Beggs, former legislator from Madison and presently national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, being escorted to the speaker's rostrum in... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Snapshot of a break in the deliberations during the famous Roosevelt "Court Packing Case." Journalist Robert S. Allen, who was covering the story, can be s... |
| Date: | 05 08 1952 |
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| Description: | Adolph Maasen (left), the leader of a group of state farmers claiming prejudice against farmers by the State Selective Service, observing Colonel Bentley C... |
| Date: | 06 26 1954 |
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| Description: | Four relatives of Senator Robert M. "Fighting Bob" La Follette look over the collection of his personal papers which were presented and opened at the Wisco... |
| Date: | 09 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Senator Karl Mundt, (S.D., Rep.) who is wearing a suit and hat, and putting a cigar up to his mouth. Mundt came to Madison to address a session of the Univ... |
| Date: | 03 03 1980 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin riding on the underground train that connects the Capitol with the legislative office buildings. A man in work cloth... |
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| Description: | Laurence J. Day (left) on his farm. Day represented part of Marathon County in the Wisconsin Assembly during the 1970s. At one time such part time legislat... |
| Date: | 04 1992 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey speaking at the podium at the dedication of the new Naval Reserve building. Three naval officers, a man in a suit, and three sail... |
| Date: | 02 1998 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey reads from "The Cat in the Hat" to young constituents who are wearing special hats. In the background are several shelves of book... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Running hard for re-election after having served less than a full term, Congressman David R. Obey greets card-playing seniors. |
| Date: | 01 1969 |
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| Description: | As part of a campaign photo shoot, Laurence Day gives candidate David R. Obey a tour of his dairying operation in Marathon County. Day was both a dairy far... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | David R. Obey, then a Wisconsin assemblyman, testifying in the Capitol in behalf of the reorganization of state government proposed by the Kellett Commissi... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (in profile) meeting with Pope John Paul II. Obey was heading a congressional delegation that had visited Poland. Obey ... |
| Date: | 08 14 1935 |
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| Description: | President Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act. Surrounding him are: Robert L. Doughton, Senator Barkley, Senator Wagner, Congressman John Dingell, Secr... |
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