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James' wife Laura, in 1882, was one of the founders of the
Richland Center Woman's Club that worked tirelessly for women's suffrage, and may have been the first suffrage organization formed in the state. In 1892, their daughter
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After the War James returned to
Richland Center, where he learned the tinner's trade, and in 1866 became a member of the firm of G. H. & N. L. James with his brother Norman. He became
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and several other high school girls formed the
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and several classmates from school. They were enrolled in
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totally changed the Senate; his old district was split between the new
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At the outbreak of the Civil War, James enlisted for service in the
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In 1919, Wisconsin became the first state officially to ratify the
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David G. James died in
Richland Center on October 3, 1921.
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represented the same district in the Wisconsin Senate.
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Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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980:19th-century American businesspeople
955:People from Deerfield, New Hampshire
930:American Civil War prisoners of war
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198:Businessman, tinner, politician
16:American politician (1843-1921)
439:Republican National Convention
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940:Businesspeople from Wisconsin
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985:Activists from New Hampshire
376:Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee
270:16th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry
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935:Suffragists from Wisconsin
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222:United States Volunteers
151:Richland Center Cemetery
124:Deerfield, New Hampshire
945:American male feminists
536:Wisconsin Senate (1908)
316:Wisconsin State Senate
310:. He represented the
393:in 1864. During the
326:volunteer during the
232:Years of service
399:Andersonville Prison
292:David Goodrich James
970:Union Army officers
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462:standing committees
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950:American feminists
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387:Vicksburg campaign
342:James was born in
328:American Civil War
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853:David James
778:October 31,
749:October 31,
717:October 31,
507:suffragists
466:agriculture
169:Laura James
79:Preceded by
914:Categories
690:References
679:Republican
628:Scattering
606:Democratic
576:Republican
549:Candidate
356:Union Army
338:Background
324:Union Army
320:Republican
226:Union Army
208:Allegiance
195:Occupation
160:Republican
117:1843-08-03
888:from the
643:Plurality
499:Ada James
476:. A 1911
472:, and on
304:Civil War
190:(brother)
184:Relatives
178:Ada James
69:In office
58:from the
892:district
458:Democrat
435:delegate
296:American
247:Corporal
174:Children
62:district
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806:July 2,
671:+1.61%
667:100.0%
653:-7.97%
650:30.76%
616:34.47%
597:−4.13%
592:65.23%
437:to the
419:Atlanta
415:Corinth
407:captain
314:of the
256:Captain
662:9,747
647:2,998
635:0.30%
613:3,360
587:6,358
552:Votes
546:Party
492:Family
403:brevet
300:tinner
253:Brevet
166:Spouse
143:, U.S.
126:, U.S.
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522:train
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