Candidates on the Road |
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Documenting Political Campaigns in the Moment - Image Gallery Essay |
Wisconsin Civil War Officer, U.S. Congressman |
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Brief biography of Civil War veteran and three term U.S. Congressman best remembered for disobeying orders to return fugitive slaves to their owners. |
Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Wisconsin Governor |
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Brief biography of Gov. Louis P. Harvey, helped organize the Republican Party in 1854, state senator from 1854-1857 and in 1862 became governor. |
Wisconsin Civil War Soldier, U. S. Senator, German-Language Newpaper Editor |
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Read about Carl Schurz, the German immigrant and political reformer who helped elect President Lincoln, fought in the Civil War, served as a U.S. Senator. |
Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Politician, University of Wisconsin Regent |
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Read about one of the Democratic Party politicians around the time of the Civil War. This article details his Civil War service and contains several links. |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Red velveteen vest worn by Wisconsin Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus, c. 1975. (Museum object #1982.450.15) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Appointment book made of ivory, used by Wisconsin politician and businessman Cassius Fairchild of Madison, WI, during the 1850s. (Museum object #1971.19) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Giant knife presented to John Fox Potter by Missouri Republicans after his challenge to duel with a Virginia congressman, 1860. (Museum object #1957.112) |
1850-2009 |
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Photographs of political campaign techniques of the past. |
View a pictorial review of the Wisconsin State Fair from 1851 when it began. |
View this image collection of the Wisconsin Democratic Senator William Proxmire. |
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