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| Candidates on the Road |
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| Documenting Political Campaigns in the Moment - Image Gallery Essay |
| Brief biography of newspaperman and eventual Governor (1891-1895) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object - Feature Story |
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| Ballot Box used in Town of Weston, Clark County, Wisconsin, ca. 1915. |
| A brief history of the Barstow-Bashford Affair of 1856. |
| U.S. Senator, Frontiersman, Soldier |
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| Brief biography of Henry Dodge (1782 - 1867). |
| A Dishonest Democrat and a Radical Republican |
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| Learn about the election that was so close that Wisconsin briefly had two governors until one was exposed for tampering with ballots. |
| Creating the Wisconsin Territory |
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| Discover the story of Wisconsin's first elections and how the state was divided into its present-day areas. |
| The Rise and Fall of Isaac Walker |
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| Discover the story of Isaac P. Walker, the first Wisconsin presidential contender in 1850. |
| 1850-2009 |
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| Photographs of political campaign techniques of the past. |
| View this image collection of the Wisconsin Democratic Senator William Proxmire. |
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