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Barton in Crowd during Election Campaign

Date: 1940
Description: Bruce Barton in a large crowd during his 1940 campaign for election to the U.S. Senate.
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Election Board

Date: 09 1925
Description: The Clear Lake election board inside the town hall.
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Television Broadcast of Election Returns

Date: 11 02 1948
Description: WENR in Chicago broadcasts the first live national television presidential election returns when Truman upset Dewey.
Manuscript

Election Results

Date: 1852
Description: Canvass of the results for various village offices, April 6, 1852.
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John J. Finley at Election Rally

Date: 
Description: John J. Finley, a candidate for Alderman in the 14th ward (Chattanooga?) addressing an election rally of 2,000 "Wilson Workers".
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Men with Election Ballot Boxes

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Description: Clerk E.J. Walden, Secretary John S. Donald and Assistant Secretary L.B. Nagler pose with three wooden boxes full of election ballots in the Secretary of S...
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Campaign Headquarters for the Primary Election

Date: 09 1924
Description: Several men and children pose outside the La Follette-Wheeler-Blaine-Schneider campaign headquarters before the primary election.
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Election Booths and Volunteers

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a gymnasium that has been converted into a place where citizens can vote on election day.
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McCarthy Signing Autographs

Date: 11 1952
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin, signing autographs during his 1952 re-election campaign
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Local-Option Election

Date: 02 1908
Description: A view of the crowds at an election. The crowd, mostly women, stand in front of the post office. A sign says "God Made the Water." Printed below the image:...
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Proxmire Campaigns for Reelection

Date: 02 1958
Description: Elected to the Senate in a special election in September 1957, to fill the unexpired term of Senator Joe McCarthy, William Proxmire was forced to begin a c...
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Running for Re-election

Date: 1970
Description: Running hard for re-election after having served less than a full term, Congressman David R. Obey greets card-playing seniors.
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Notice of Membership

Date: 
Description: A blank notice of election as a member of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.
Poster

President Nixon Re-Election Poster

Date: 05 1972
Description: Campaign poster for the re-election of Richard Nixon. Slogan "Re-elect the President" appears on a large white push pin.
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NLRB Election

Date: 08 1951
Description: Organizers for the United Packinghouse Workers of America hand out leaflets concerning an upcoming National Labor Relations Board election to be held at th...
Book or Pamphlet

Frances for Fitchburg

Date: 
Description: The front of a campaign pamphlet for the election of Frances Huntley-Cooper for mayor of Fitchburg.
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Ballot Machine

Date: 1956
Description: Close-up view of a women's hand touching a ballot machine with names of candidates from the 1956 Wisconsin election.
Poster

Harrison Souvenir

Date: 1888
Description: Souvenir placard issued by the Kreuz & Curtis shoe store of Madison, Wisconsin, probably to commemorate the presidential election victory of Benjamin Harri...
Postcard

Richard M. Nixon and Family

Date: 1952
Description: Group portrait of Richard M. Nixon and his family during the 1952 presidential election campaign when he was the running mate in Dwight D. Eisenhower's suc...
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McCarthy Wins

Date: 11 05 1946
Description: Joseph R. McCarthy receiving the congratulations of supporters after his victory over Democrat Howard J. McMurray in the 1946 U.S. Senate election. The vic...

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