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Harold E. Stassen President Campaign Tour

Date: 03 05 1948
Description: Harold E. Stassen (left), in Fort Atkinson, visiting with left to right: W.D. Hoard, publisher; Jefferson County Sheriff R.J. Gibson; James LeChance, Palmy...
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Senator Karl Mundt at Airport

Date: 09 02 1954
Description: Senator Karl Mundt, (S.D., Rep.) who is wearing a suit and hat, and putting a cigar up to his mouth. Mundt came to Madison to address a session of the Univ...
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In La Follette's Shadow

Date: 07 1972
Description: Congressman David R. Obey and Senator Gaylord Nelson posed talking in front of the statue of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. in the National Statuary Hall in th...
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Presidential Debate

Date: 11 1980
Description: "Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan engage in a presidential debate on television."
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Udall for President

Date: 1976
Description: Congressman Morris Udall speaking to a Wisconsin audience during his campaign for the presidency. Udall finished a close second to Jimmy Carter in the Wisc...
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First Campaign

Date: 1962
Description: Running for his first term in the Wisconsin Assembly, Wausau Democrat Obey met with Governor Gaylord Nelson to take a publicity photograph.
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I Like Ike — Again

Date: 1956
Description: Wisconsin Congressman Melvin R. Laird with four supporters of the re-election campaign of President Dwight Eisenhower and Dick Nixon, dressed in special ca...
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Obey and Leadership

Date: 07 1970
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (facing away from the camera) with Democratic leaders John McCormack and Carl Albert. The photograph was taken for a br...
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Wisconsin Democrats and Morris Udall

Date: 1975
Description: Democratic members of the Wisconsin congressional delegation with Morris Udall (center), probably at an event associated with Udall's attempted campaign fo...
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Two Republican Candiidates for Governor at Dane County Lincoln Day Dinner

Date: 02 15 1960
Description: Two Republican candidates for governor and their wives chat with Roger Radue, dinner chairman, before the annual Dane County GOP Lincoln Day fund-raising d...
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Governors Freeman and Nelson Chat

Date: 03 31 1960
Description: Governor Orville Freeman of Minnesota (left) chats with Wisconsin Governor Gaylord Nelson before a Freeman press conference in Nelson's office. Freeman is ...
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Democratic Candidates File Nomination Papers

Date: 07 08 1960
Description: Dane County Democrats file nomination papers to run for political offices. The candidates and the office they are running for are, left to right: Joseph We...
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Obey and Humphrey

Date: 1969
Description: Congressman David Obey (left) and presidential candidate Vice President Hubert Humphrey (4th from left) pose with three other men.
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Newt Gingrich

Date: 2012
Description: Former United States Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, seated and smiling for the camera at a 2012 Election Rally. The rally was held at the La Crosse Co...
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Warren Knowles Runs For Governor

Date: 01 21 1962
Description: Lt. Gov. Warren P. Knowles, taken before his first run for governor.
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Wilbur N. Renk

Date: 02 26 1964
Description: Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Wilbur N. Renk chatting with party volunteers Mrs. David Orfan and Kay Smith at the annual Lincoln Day dinner. Ren...
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U.S. Senator Thurston B. Morton

Date: 10 01 1964
Description: Speaking at a news conference is at right, U.S. Senator Thruston B. Morton (R-KY), the chairman of the National GOP Senate Campaign committee. He is in Mad...

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