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| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Votomatic punch card voting device used in Walworth County, Wisconsin, until 2000. (Museum object #2006.24.1) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Bandana featuring music score for campaign song "We Want Teddy," used at a Milwaukee campaign rally for Theodore Roosevelt, 1912. (Museum object #1970.204) |
| Read a short biography about this U.S. Senator famous for his penny-pinching attitude toward government spending and his courage in taking unpopular stands |
| 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. |
| Lawyer and Senator |
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| Biography of lawyer and U.S. Senator Matthew Hale Carpenter. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Badge worn to support William Jennings Bryan by Wisconsin delegate Charles Donohue at Democratic Convention, Denver, July 1908 (Museum object #1997.36.1) |
| A brief history of the Barstow-Bashford Affair of 1856. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| The 4th Wisconsin Light Artillery was organized at Racine and mustered into service on October 1, 1861. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Read a brief description of the 1st U.S. Sharpshooters, Co. G. This article includes links to original documents and other accounts of the Company. |
| Symbol of Milwaukee Socialism |
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| Learn about the man who was the symbol of Milwaukee Socialism. Read about his involvement in the newspaper business, politics, and his anti-war stance. |
| Lumberman, Financier and Congressman |
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| Biography of Isaac Stephenson who was a lumberman, financier and congressman. |
| Politician and Industrialist |
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| Biography of Walter Jodok Koher, politician and founder of the Kohler Company. |
| The Brief Stay of Rutherford B. Hayes |
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| Discover the visits US presidents have paid to Wisconsin |
| From Bear Hunting on the Capitol Square to a Fully-incorporated City |
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| Discover how Madison went from a small village in 1836 to being organized and governed as a city in 20 years time |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| The 45th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Randall in Madison on November 8, 1864. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| The 49th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Randall in Madison between December 24, 1864, and March 5, 1865. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Read about the 13th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War from 1861-1865, losing 193 men in service. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Read about the 41st Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War 1864-1865 and lost 18 men during service. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| The 53rd Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Randall in Madison during March and April 1865, at the very end of the war. |
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