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Filter: Subject of Voting
Filter: Year of 1800-1899
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | 1860 Presidential Democratic ticket headed by John C. Breckenridge (it should be spelled Breckinridge), and the vice-president, Joseph Lane, that was distr... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Color advertising cartoon depicting Uncle Sam with arms outstretched over a Deering grain binder. Hybrids of binders by rival manufacturers are depicted on... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored, cloth mounted map of Wisconsin showing the state’s congressional districts. The map also shows the counties, cities, towns, villages, river... |
| Date: | 11 1860 |
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| Description: | Confederate Presidential Election ballot. Jefferson Davis and Alex. H. Stephens were elected without opposition. The corrosion on the front is caused by th... |
| Date: | 11 06 1860 |
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| Description: | National Democratic Ticket for the United States Presidential Election, Stephen A. Douglas and for Vice President, Herschel V. Johnson. Voters that desired... |
| Date: | 11 06 1860 |
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| Description: | Union Electoral Ticket for the United States Presidential Election, John Bell and for Vice President, Edward Everett. Voters that desired to select a strai... |
| Date: | 11 08 1864 |
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| Description: | Democratic Ticket for the 1864 Presidential election. General George B. McClellan was the candidate for President, running against Abraham Lincoln. |
| Date: | 11 08 1864 |
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| Description: | The National Union Ticket. National Union Party was the name the Republican Party used in 1864 to attract War Democrats who would not vote for the Republic... |
| Black Voting Rights Activist |
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| Biography of Ezekiel Gillespie who was active in Milwaukee's small Black community, especially on voting rights issues. |
| A brief history of the Barstow-Bashford Affair of 1856. |
| Argument and an Unpopular Choice |
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| Discover how Madison became the capitol city during the first Wisconsin territorial convention |
| From Bear Hunting on the Capitol Square to a Fully-incorporated City |
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| Discover how Madison went from a small village in 1836 to being organized and governed as a city in 20 years time |
| Two Lawyers Spur Abolitionist Reform and Universal Voting Rights |
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| Learn how Byron Paine and Halbert E. Paine used the power of law for radical abolitionist reform in mid-19th century Wisconsin. |
| Too Progressive for Wisconsin |
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| Discover why Wisconsin's 1846 was re-written and passed in 1848 |
| How Years of Failure led to Success |
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| Discover the history of suffrage in Wisconsin, and how the state became the first to ratify the 19th amendment after many difficulties. |
| Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources. |
| Date: | 03 1849 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Wisconsin Assembly Bill 122 of 1849 which established equal suffrage for African-American men pending passage of a state-wide referendum vote. ... |
| Learn about America's presidential elections since 1856 and discover how Wisconsin voted. |
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