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Candidate Fairchild Votes
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Thomas Fairchild casts his vote in the 1952 general election. Fairchild lost his bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by Joseph R. McCarthy. With him are his son Andy and Mrs. Fairchild.
November 4, 1952
Miller, James Roy, Capital Times
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