TY  - BOOK
AU  - Merrill,Horace Samuel
TI  - William Freeman Vilas, doctrinaire democrat
PY  - 1954///
CY  - Madison, Wisconsin
PB  - State Historical Society of Wisconsin
KW  - Vilas, William F.
N1  - Includes index; Cont.: Father and son -- Madison and the young lawyer -- Fortune seeker -- Political neophyte -- Eloquent orator -- The Wisconsin-New York alliance -- Friend of the university -- Government administrator -- Patronage politics -- Shortsightedness in Wisconsin -- A share of the interior -- Victory in defeat -- Political professionalism -- Depression and disaster -- Defeat in Wisconsin -- A strategic retreat -- His house in order
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