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Wisconsin State Assembly in 1861

Date: 1861
Description: Composite of photographic portraits of the members of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
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James Duane Doty

Date: 1858
Description: Salted paper photoprint of James Duane Doty, territorial governor of Wisconsin 1841-44.
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People Gathered on Pinckney Street

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Description: Elevated view of people gathered on Pinckney Street, possibly waiting for a parade. In the distance another group of people, some of whom are carrying a ba...
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David Atwood

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Description: Portrait of David Atwood, as a Republican Assemblyman, 1860-1861. Atwood was the publisher of the "Wisconsin State Journal".
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Philetus Sawyer

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Description: Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), lumberman and politician from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This salted-paper print depicts him in 1861 during his second term in the W...
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Leonard J. Farwell

Date: 1860
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...
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Louis P. Harvey

Date: 1860
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 ...
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Perry H. Smith

Date: 1858
Description: Oval quarter-length portrait of Perry H. Smith.
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William H. Seward

Date: 09 12 1860
Description: William H. Seward, U.S. Senator from New York and Secretary of State, photographed by Fuller in Madison during a Presidential campaign stop in Madison in 1...
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Charles G. Hammarquist

Date: 1860
Description: Waist-up oval framed portrait of Charles Hammarquist, Representative in the Wisconsin Assembly from Fort Atkinson.
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Frederick W. Horn

Date: 1860
Description: Waist-up oval portrait of Frederick W. Horn (1815-1893). A Democrat, he was a Representative in the Wisconsin Assembly from Cedarburg. He was a lawyer and ...
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Orsamus Cole

Date: 1858
Description: Waist-up portrait of Orsamus Cole.

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