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Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan was the 2012 Republican Party nominee for vice-president. In 2020, Wisconsin leaned back in the Democratic party's direction as Joe Biden won the state by an even narrower margin of 0.7%. Biden's win was largely carried by Milwaukee and Dane counties with the rural areas of the state being carried by Trump. [9]
The history of Wisconsin includes the story of the people who have lived in Wisconsin since it became a state of the U.S., but also that of the Native American tribes who made their homeland in Wisconsin, the French and British colonists who were the first Europeans to live there, and the American settlers who lived in Wisconsin when it was a territory.
Wisconsin is home to one UNESCO World Heritage Site, comprising two of the most significant buildings designed by Wisconsin-born architect Frank Lloyd Wright: his studio at Taliesin near Spring Green and his Jacobs I House in Madison. [25] The Republican Party was founded in Wisconsin in 1854; in modern elections, it is considered a swing state.
The Republican Party was launched in a schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin. Here's a look at how it happened and why.
U.S. presidential election results from 1828 to 1852. Darker shades of blue indicate states that generally voted for the Democratic Party, while darker shades of yellow/brown indicate states that generally voted for the Whig or National Republican Party.
Nelsen, James K. Educating Milwaukee: How one city’s history of segregation and struggle shaped its schools (Wisconsin Historical Society, 2015). Rury, John L. and Frank A. Cassell, eds. Seeds of Crisis: Public Schooling in Milwaukee since 1920 (1993) Trotter, Joe William. Black Milwaukee: The Making of an Industrial Proletariat, 1915-45 ...
When Wisconsin became a state on May 29, 1848, no provision was made for the section of land between the St. Croix River and the Mississippi River which had previously been organized as part of Wisconsin Territory. Additionally when Iowa became a state on December 28, 1846, no provision was made for official organization of the remainder of ...
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