Papers, 1895-1933.

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Huber, Henry A., 1869-1933. Papers, 1895-1933.

Papers, 1895-1933.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145788062

Papers of Henry A. Huber, an attorney, member of the Assembly, 1904-1906, and Senate, 1913-1925; and lieutenant governor, 1925-1933. Huber is best known for his association with the La Follette Progressives and for his authorship of the 1913 Huber Law which authorized the work release of jailed prisoners. Correspondence relating to Huber's years in the legislature is incomplete, with service on the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1919 being most extensive. Coverage becomes more comprehensive in 1924, with incoming and outgoing letters relating to his support for the independent Presidential candidacy of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. and his own tenure as lieutenant governor. Topics in the correspondence and elsewhere in the collection are chain stores, initiative and referenda, Prohibition, and small bank loans. Electoral politics is also represented in the correspondence, as well as in files of party platforms, campaign speeches, press releases for Huber and other candidates, and legal documents about his alleged violations of the Wisconsin Corrupt Practices Act. About Huber's Stoughton law practice there are letterbooks of outgoing correspondence, 1901-1926; cashbooks and ledgers; and a volume concerning his work as court commissioner, also at Stoughton, for the Dane County Circuit Court. This volume not only includes standard docket information, but also Huber's orders, 1906-1932. Speeches and writings include remarks to general audiences as well as legislative floor remarks and rulings and "War Hysteria," an unpublished manuscript about Senator La Follette and his opposition to World War I. In addition, there is a clipping scrapbook, 1928-1930 and a budget prepared by the State Board of Public Affairs that includes detailed information about state expenditures and revenue estimates, 1909 1915.

7.0 c.f. (18 archives boxes and 8 flat boxes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project