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Senator Chilsen and Lee Dreyfuss
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Senator Walter John Chilsen (left), and Lee Dreyfus (right), shaking hands. Man in center of image is unidentified. Chilsen was Republican state senator from Wausau, 1967-1991. Prominent in committee work on aging, agricultural and rural development, health care, consumer credit reform, and University of Wisconsin system merger. Leader of Senate Republican Caucus, 1967-72.
1979
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President Gerald Ford and Senator Walter J. Chilsen
August 25, 1975
President Gerald Ford shakes hands with Senator Walter J. Chilsen. Chilsen was a Republican state senator from Wausau, 1967-1991. Prominent in committee work on aging, agricultural and rural develo...
Senator Chilsen and Bob Matthias
circa 1970-1979
Former Olympic athlete Bob Matthias (left) and Republican Senator Chilsen and using exercise equipment. Matthias was also a Republican Congressman from California. Chilsen was Republican state sena...
Senator Walter Chilsen and Milwaukee Congressman Alvin O'Konski
March 1969
Wisconsin State Senator Walter Chilsen discussing U.S. Army missile technology with Wisconsin Congressman Alvin O'Konski. Chilsen was a Republican state senator from Wausau, 1967-1991. He was promi...
Congressman Thomas Petri and Senator Chilsen
circa 1970-1979
Wisconsin Republican Congressman Thomas Petri and State Senator Walter John Chilsen pose in front of the national christmas tree. The tree came from Northern Wisconsin. Chilsen was a Republican sta...
Lee Sherman Dreyfus
1979
Informal portrait of Wisconsin Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus.
For Governor ... Dreyfus
1978
Two-color silk screened political poster for Lee Sherman Dreyfus. His trademark red vest appears on the right, inside an outline of the shape of the state of Wisconsin. The text reads, "For Governo...
