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Wisconsin Legislative Council
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The new legislative council for the 1949 legislative session. Front row, left to right, are: Assemblyman Alex Nicol (R-Sparta), Senator Jess Miller (R-Richland Center), Senator William Schmidt (D-Milwaukee), Assemblyman Alfred Ludvigsen (R-Hartland), chairman, Senator Melvin Laird (R-Marshfield), vice-chairman, and Assemblyman Raymond Peabody (R-Milltown). Back row, left to right, are: Assemblyman Burger Engebretson (R-Beloit), Senator Frank Panzer (R-Oakfield), Assemblyman William Clark (R-Vesper), Assemblyman Milton Burmaster (R-Wauwatosa), Assemblyman George Molinaro (D-Kenosha), Senator Warren Knowles (R-New Richmond), and Assemblyman Vernon Thomson (R-Richland Center), secretary. Both Knowles and Thomson would go on to be elected governor; Laird would become a congressman and secretary of defense.
September 13, 1949
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Gov. Kohler Signs Bill
June 7, 1951
Governor Walter Kohler signs into law the bill providing that the governor and the legislature shall review all public expenditures, including money from revolving and segregated funds. Standing be...
Wisconson Legislature Public Welfare Committee
September 18, 1950
The Public Welfare Committee of the Wisconsin Joint Legislative Council members are: Assemblyman Robert E. Lynch, chairman; Senator William A. Draheim, vice chariman; Assemblyman Ben Tremain, secre...
Glenn Davis Filing Nomination Papers for Congress
March 13, 1947
Glenn Davis signing his nomination papers for Gaige S. Roberts in the Secretary of State's office. Davis was filing to become a Republican candidate for Congress. Supporters with him are, left to r...
Wendell Willkie Conferring with Vernon Thomson
March 18, 1944
Wendell Willkie conferring with Assembly Speaker Vernon Thomson (R-Richland Center). Thomson is a candidate for delegate-at-large on the Willkie slate.
Republican State Convention
June 12, 1948
Group portrait of Republican party leaders attending the Wisconsin State Republican Party Convention. Pictured left to right: Representative Alvin E. O'Konski; U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy; State S...
Republi-Capers Show
April 10, 1961
Rep. Melvin Laird (R-Marshfield), left, talks with three Republicans who were in the Republi-Capers show. Left to right are: Marland Gullickson, a member of the state GOP headquarters who provided ...
