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Lucius F. Hubbard, ca. 1890

Lucius F. Hubbard, ca. 1890. Photograph by Charles A. Zimmerman.

Governor Lucius F. Hubbard

Oil-on-canvas painting of Minnesota Governor Lucius F. Hubbard as he appeared during his term in office (1882–1887). Painted by Carl Gutherz in 1897.

C. C. Andrews in Stockholm, 1878

C. C. Andrews in Stockholm in 1878, while he was a US minister to Sweden.

Diagram of Anishinaabe doodem (clans)

A diagram of the seven Anishinaabe doodem (clans) featuring the maang (loon) at the top.

Governor Theodore Christianson

Minnesota Governor Theodore Christianson, 1924.

Minnesota Massacre (1978 election)

After the elections of 1974 the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) held both US Senate seats, all the state constitutional offices, and control of the legislature. Four years later Minnesota’s Republican Party (the Independent-Republicans, or IR) took the governorship and both US Senate seats by landslide margins while achieving an even split with Democrats in the State House of Representatives. The stunning turnaround came to be known as the Minnesota Massacre.

Rudy Boschwitz

Republican Rudy Boschwitz ca. 1980, two years after he won election to the US Senate as part of the Minnesota Massacre.

Governor Al Quie’s swearing-in ceremony

Governor Al Quie’s swearing-in ceremony, 1979. Pictured are (at center left, then left to right) Governor Quie, President of the Senate Edward J. Gearty, Lieutenant Governor Lou Wangberg, Secretary of State Joan Growe, and State Treasurer Jim Lord. From Dave Kenney and Thomas Saylor’s Minnesota in the 70s (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 2013), 233.

Cartoon depicting Minnesota Republicans after the 1978 election

Cartoon by Scott Long (“The End of a Long Drought”) depicting Minnesota Republicans after the 1978 election, November 13, 1978. From Dave Kenney and Thomas Saylor’s Minnesota in the 70s (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 2013), 219. For the original artwork, see the political cartoons and related papers (1946–1980) of Scott Long, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Rudy Boschwitz on election night

“Republican US Senate candidate Rudy Boschwitz watches election night returns in his Bloomington hotel room, November 7, 1978.” From Dave Kenney and Thomas Saylor’s Minnesota in the 70s (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 2013), 216. For the original image, see the Minneapolis and St Paul newspaper negatives collection (1936–1987), Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

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