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U.S. News: States Attempt to Weaken Unions

Major U.S. news stories, from Occupy Wall Street to Penn State Protestor in Cairo shows unity with Wisconsin protesetors Photo Credit: Derek Blackadder Related Links 2011…

Timothy Otis HOWE, Congress, WI (1816-1883)

Senate Years of Service: 1861-1879 Party: Republican HOWE Timothy Otis , a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Livermore, Androscoggin County, Maine, February 24, 1816; attended the common schools and…

Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Baldwin was elected to the United States Senate in 2012, becoming Wisconsin's first woman senator and the nation's first openly gay politician to be elected to the Senate. A Wisconsin native,…

Glenn Robert DAVIS, Congress, WI (1914-1988)

DAVIS Glenn Robert , a Representative from Wisconsin; born on a farm in Vernon, Waukesha County, Wis., October 28, 1914; attended the rural schools; was graduated from Mukwonago High School in…

Matthew Hale CARPENTER, Congress, WI (1824-1881)

Senate Years of Service: 1869-1875; 1879-1881 Party: Republican; Republican CARPENTER Matthew Hale , a Senator from Wisconsin; born Decatur Merritt Hammond Carpenter in Moretown, Washington…

Reince Priebus

Name at birth: Reinhold Richard PriebusReinhold "Reince" Priebus is a Wisconsin attorney who became the chairman of the Republican National Committee in 2011, then and helped lift Donald Trump to the…

Charles BILLINGHURST, Congress, WI (1818-1865)

BILLINGHURST Charles , a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Brighton, Franklin County, N.Y., July 27, 1818; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1847 and…

Harry Wilbur GRISWOLD, Congress, WI (1886-1939)

GRISWOLD Harry Wilbur , a Representative from Wisconsin; born on a farm near West Salem, La Crosse County, Wis., May 19, 1886; attended the West Salem public and high schools and the college of…

Hugh Hiram PRICE, Congress, WI (1859-1904)

PRICE Hugh Hiram , a Representative from Wisconsin; born at Black River Falls, Jackson County, Wis., December 2, 1859; attended the grade and high schools, and the University of Wisconsin at…