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| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Philip Fox La Follette greets a voter during the 1930 gubernatorial campaign. During this election, La Follette ran as a Progressive Republican, as his fa... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Mastering the handshake is essential for a successful political candidate. It involves not only the right hand in the shake, but also the left, used in a ... |
| Date: | 03 16 1944 |
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| Description: | Wendell Willkie shaking hands with Bud Hole (left) and Frank Joslin. |
| Date: | 10 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Democratic candidate for vice-president, Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri, being greeted by Madison labor leaders. From left: Roy E. Bewick, President o... |
| Date: | 06 1952 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin greets his nephew, Kelly Kornely, at a Republican campaign event in Wisconsin. Also with McCarthy is Assemblyman G... |
| Date: | 11 05 1946 |
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| Description: | Joseph R. McCarthy receiving the congratulations of supporters after his victory over Democrat Howard J. McMurray in the 1946 U.S. Senate election. The vic... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson arriving at the Loraine Hotel for a speaking engagement. During the campaign Senator Joseph R. McCarthy r... |
| Date: | 03 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Harold E. Stassen (left), in Fort Atkinson, shaking hands with Ernest Marsh of Palmyra. Other men are lined up behind to shake hands. |
| Date: | 09 06 1956 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Attorney General Vernon Thomson campaigning in Green Bay as the Republican gubernatorial candidate. Thomson was successful, defeating Democrat Wi... |
| Date: | 05 07 2004 |
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| Description: | President George W. Bush greets a crowd during a campaign stop in La Crosse at Copeland Field. |
| Date: | 10 07 1948 |
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| Description: | Harvey Higley, left, chairman of the state Republican voluntary committee, shakes hands with United States vice-presidential candidate Earl Warren at a rec... |
| Date: | 11 02 1978 |
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| Description: | Campaigning for governor on the back of his "Red Vest Whistle-Stop Special" bus, Lee Sherman Dreyfus shakes hands with a supporter. |
| Date: | 09 05 1978 |
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| Description: | Campaigning for Governor in Madison, Lee Sherman Dreyfus shakes hands with a few passersby. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Men gather for a banquet on the occasion of a visit by Adlai Stevenson, Democratic Candidate for President. Stevenson on left. |
| Date: | 02 18 2008 |
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| Description: | Michelle Obama, wife of politician Barack Obama, greeting Wisconsin State Representative Jennifer Shilling at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Oil company executive George H.W. Bush was chairman of the Harris County Republican Party in 1964 when he made an unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate. He ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Copy of campaign brochure for Willkie for President. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Robert A. Taft outdoors shaking hands in a crowd after giving a speech in the Municipal Building during his campaign. He was ultimately unsuccessful in his... |
| Date: | 10 10 2008 |
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| Description: | Presidential candidate John McCain greets supporters. An American flag is on the wall in the background. |
| Date: | 08 12 1952 |
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| Description: | Leonard F. Schmitt, Merrill attorney who is challenging U.S. Senator Joseph B. McCarthy for the Republican nomination in the primary, is shaking hands with... |
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