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| Governor, Secretary of State, Politician |
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| Discover the history of Fred Zimmerman |
| Socialist Author |
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| Discover the history of Oscar Ameringer |
| 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) |
| 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. |
| Businessman and Politician |
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| Discover the history of Joseph Week Babcock |
| Learn about America's presidential elections since 1856 and discover how Wisconsin voted. |
| 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 |
| Lawyer, Politician, Congressman |
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| Discover the history of Gilbert Motier Woodward |
| 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) |
| Lawyer and Congressman |
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| Discover the history of John Winans |
| Lawyer and Politician |
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| Discover the history of Charles Grandison Williams |
| 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. |
| Newspaperman |
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| Discover the history of newspaperman Andrew Jackson Aikens |
| Term: Sheryl K. Albers (1954) in the Dictionary of Wisconsin History |
| Term: Civil War (11th Light Artillery) in the Dictionary of Wisconsin History |
| 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. |
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