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| Date: | 08 06 1964 |
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| Description: | Audience and stage with a banner that reads "Freedom Democratic Party" at the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) State Convention. |
| Date: | 08 1964 |
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| Description: | A television set displays an image of a man seated at a desk covered in papers and microphones, likely at the 1964 Democratic National Convention where the... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Political posters for Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) candidates Aaron Henry and Fannie Lou Hamer, along with posters for Lyndon B. Johnson and... |
| Spiritualist, Social Reformer and Politician |
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| Biography of spiritualist, social reformer and politician Warren Chase. |
| Lawyer, Politician and Judge |
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| Biography of lawyer, politician and judge Edward George Ryan. |
| Lawyer, Politician, Land Speculator, Promoter and Author |
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| Biography of lawyer, politician, land speculator and promoter and author of a History of the Territory of Wisconsin, Moses Mccure Strong. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Lawyer, Politician, 6th Wisconsin Governor, Presidential Cabinet Member |
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| Brief biography of lawyer, judge and politician Alexander W. Randall, who served as the sixth Governor of Wisconsin from 1858 until 1861. |
| Politician and Industrialist |
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| Biography of Walter Jodok Koher, politician and founder of the Kohler Company. |
| Lawyer, Politician, Senator, Cabinet Officer and Philanthropist |
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| Biography of William Freeman Vilas, 1840-1908. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Badge worn to support William Jennings Bryan by Wisconsin delegate Charles Donohue at Democratic Convention, Denver, July 1908 (Museum object #1997.36.1) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Parade tunic worn by Wisconsin suffrage supporter during Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, 1916. (Museum object #1956.1450) |
| Learn about Robert M. La Follette's efforts to instill primary elections in the Wisconsin political system, replacing bribery by party bosses. |
| Read an overview of this pivotal event in the nation's civil rights era |
| Date: | 08 16 1956 |
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| Description: | View down row of chairs at the Democratic National Convention showing Mrs. Ethel McMurray of Stevens Point, and Richard McKnight of South Wayne, Wisconsin,... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Street scene in front of the Park Hotel, on Main and Carroll Streets, showing “delegates going to the convention.”. |
| Date: | 03 06 1964 |
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| Description: | Representative John W. Byrnes, Green Bay, standing, second from left, is shown as he is presenting to Secretary of State Robert Zimmerman, sitting, a certi... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Front cover and interior of menu for the convention banquet of the Democratic Organizing Committee. On the cover is a drawing of a donkey kicking its back ... |
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| Description: | An assortment of political campaign buttons for Lyndon B. Johnson. Seven out of eight buttons have a white background with red and blue borders, and black ... |
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| Description: | A white and blue striped folded plastic cap with red text that reads: "Nixon's the One!" |
| Date: | 03 25 1968 |
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| Description: | A group of teenage boys are in a crowd of 18,000 people at a Democratic presidential candidate rally for Sen. Eugene McCarthy at the Dane County Memorial C... |
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