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Dane County Taft Supporters
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Thirty five chairmen of the Dane County Taft Committee met at Kennedy Manor to map strategy for the Taft presidential campaign. Area leaders shown in this photograph are: (seated) William Stern, Madison, and Mrs Ray Cameron, Waunakee. Standing left to right are: Floyd Wagener, Madison; Lyall T. Beggs, Madison, and Lee Briggs, chairman of the Dane County Taft Committee. Sen. Robert Taft (R-Ohio) will make a major speech in Madison in three weeks.
March 4, 1952
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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