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Isaac L. Stephenson

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Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of United States senator Isaac Stephenson.
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Wisconsin State Assembly

Date: 1863
Description: Wisconsin State Assembly members of 1863.
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Father Groppi Speaking in Assembly Chamber

Date: 1969
Description: Father James Groppi speaking at a demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber protesting welfare cuts. Father Groppi is seated on the lef...
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Senator Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn

Date: 01 1953
Description: Joseph (Joe) McCarthy is seen here with his chief counsel, Roy Cohn, whom he hired on the advice of J. Edgar Hoover.
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John F. Kennedy and George McGovern

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Description: President John F. Kennedy and George McGovern, U.S. Senator from South Dakota.
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The Wisconsin State Assembly in Session

Date: 02 15 1899
Description: The Wisconsin State Assembly in session in the second Wisconsin State Capitol, with observers looking on from the gallery.
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Governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1900
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...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Assembly Chamber

Date: 02 15 1899
Description: Elevated view of legislators in the Assembly Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Assembly Detail

Date: 02 15 1899
Description: Detail of the 1899 Assembly Chamber photograph, showing a row of legislators at their desks. Until well into the 20th century, individual legislators had n...
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Wisconsin Assembly of 1880

Date: 1880
Description: Composite of photographic portraits of the members of the Wisconsin Assembly. Along the bottom a numbered list of names identifies each man.
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Proxmire and Senate Committee Chairmen

Date: 01 09 1973
Description: Senator William Proxmire (bald head toward the camera) makes a point with Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (center) at a meeting of the Senate committee chai...
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Rukeyser Interviewing Senator Proxmire

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Description: Senator William Proxmire, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, being interviewed by Lewis Rukeyser and others on the set of the public television prog...
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Senator McGovern before the Joint Economic Committee

Date: 07 1972
Description: Senator George McGovern of South Dakota testifying before the Joint Economic Committee and a large audience. Senator McGovern was soon to become the Presid...
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Proxmire Campaigns for Reelection

Date: 02 1958
Description: Elected to the Senate in a special election in September 1957, to fill the unexpired term of Senator Joe McCarthy, William Proxmire was forced to begin a c...
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Proxmire and Fulbright

Date: 07 1969
Description: Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin and Senator William J. Fulbright of Arkansas.
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Senator Proxmire and Senator Mansfield

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Description: Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin, and Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana, on the set of the Senate Recording Studio in Washington, D.C. From his first ...
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Channel 10 Auction

Date: 04 27 1976
Description: The set of the fundraising auction of Channel 10, Milwaukee's public television station. Senator William Proxmire is standing to the left of the closed B B...
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Proxmire and Muskie on the Subway

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Description: Senator William Proxmire chatting with Senator Edwin Muskie of Maine while riding on the U.S. Capitol subway.
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Proxmire and Nelson

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Description: Wisconsin's two Democratic senators, Gaylord Nelson and William Proxmire.
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William Proxmire

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Senator William Proxmire.

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