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| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Independent presidential candidate Robert M. La Follette, Sr., standing behind a radio microphone delivering a Labor Day address. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. when he became governor of Wisconsin. This original of this item is a postcard that was probably used for campaign p... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Joseph McCarthy at the time of his election victory over Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., in the Republican primary. |
| Date: | 07 1969 |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire hands his cards to constituents outside a Milwaukee grocery store. |
| Date: | 08 27 1957 |
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| Description: | William Proxmire, his wife, Ellen (to Proxmire's right), and his supporters celebrate his victory in the special election to fill the Senate seat vacated u... |
| Date: | 07 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Publicity photo at a pre-convention session of the Wisconsin State Democratic Party that includes William Proxmire and James E. Doyle, rival candidates for... |
| Date: | 07 20 1924 |
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| Description: | Republican Senator and independent, third-party presidential candidate, Robert M. La Follette, Sr., chats with Senator Burton K. Wheeler, a Democratic sena... |
| Date: | 09 18 1952 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy speaking with reporters at LaGuardia Airport shortly after his victory over Len Schmitt in the Wisconsin Republican primary. McC... |
| Date: | 10 03 1952 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., seated together in the Eisenhower Presidential campaign train dining car. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | After the death of Joseph R. McCarthy in May, 1957, seven Republicans ran in the special primary election. The most serious candidates were Congressman Gle... |
| Date: | 03 15 1952 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (second from the right), seated at the head table at a banquet meeting of the Dane County Young Republicans' Club. Other people ... |
| Date: | 07 07 1952 |
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| Description: | Senator Robert A. Taft, right, confers with his convention floor manager Thomas Coleman of Madison and a group of supporters after Wisconsin Republican del... |
| Date: | 10 03 1952 |
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| Description: | Presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower and Wisconsin Senator Joseph R. McCarthy together on the rear car of the "Eisenhower Special." The location of thi... |
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| Description: | 1934 or 1940 campaign poster for Robert M. La Follette, Jr. running for re-election to the U.S. Senate as a member of the Progressive Party. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Senator Robert La Follette (center) poses during his campaign for president with two of his lieutenants. Governor John J. Blain is on the left and Herman E... |
| Date: | 09 02 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | Dick Gephardt testing the support for his presidential candidacy at the Wisconsin Democratic convention. With him is Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin... |
| Date: | 01 1969 |
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| Description: | A photo shoot for David R. Obey's first campaign for Congress picturing him as assistant majority leader with Majority Leader Bob Huber (partially obscured... |
| Date: | 1994 |
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| Description: | Filming a campaign spot for Congressman David R. Obey (left), probably in the Wausau Family Practice Center. Health care and its associated costs were an i... |
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