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1144:People from Mineral Point, Wisconsin
1139:Welsh emigrants to the United States
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396:University of Wisconsin-Platteville
672:General Election, November 3, 1896
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1100:Commissioner of Indian Affairs
950:"Sudden Death of Wm. A. Jones"
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360:Commissioner of Indian Affairs
64:Commissioner of Indian Affairs
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1154:Mayors of places in Wisconsin
688:William A. Jones (incumbent)
414:Republican Party of Wisconsin
358:politician. He was the 27th
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372:Wisconsin State Assembly
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172:Mineral Point, Wisconsin
122:Wisconsin State Assembly
981:"Biographical Sketches"
822:"Biographical Sketches"
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739:N. H. Snow (write-in)
388:Iowa County, Wisconsin
1078:John Montgomery Smith
1019:John Montgomery Smith
862:Mineral Point Tribune
717:John Montgomery Smith
204:John Montgomery Smith
152:John Montgomery Smith
923:Oshkosh Northwestern
918:"Jones is All Right"
352:William Arthur Jones
308:William Ansley Jones
258:Graceland Cemetery,
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16:American politician
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241:September 17, 1912
170:22nd Mayor of
101:Daniel M. Browning
89:Theodore Roosevelt
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1129:1844 births
735:Independent
557:Prohibition
384:South Wales
190:Preceded by
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1123:Categories
800:References
789:Republican
712:Democratic
682:Republican
655:Candidate
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632:Republican
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356:Republican
338:Occupation
327:Alma mater
270:Republican
224:1844-09-07
1066:Mayor of
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753:Plurality
596:Plurality
378:Biography
180:In office
137:In office
126:from the
81:President
72:In office
62:27th
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606:+15.59%
578:Populist
549:â10.23%
302:Children
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