Robert S. Cowie papers, 1903-1948

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Cowie, Robert S. (Robert Somerville), 1873-1951

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Personal and professional papers of Robert S. Cowie, a lawyer and judge in Trempealeau County and La Crosse, Wisconsin. Includes correspondence to Cowie concerning family matters, Republican party ...

Personal and professional papers of Robert S. Cowie, a lawyer and judge in Trempealeau County and La Crosse, Wisconsin. Includes correspondence to Cowie concerning family matters, Republican party politics, and support for Robert M. La Follette in Wisconsin (1903-1908); correspondence, speeches, financial records, and newspaper clippings documenting Cowie's successful campaign for circuit court judge (1922-1924); and correspondence concerning cases heard by Cowie, his possible nomination to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and local and state political issues (1934-1941). Also includes three 1935 letters from J. Edgar Hoover to Cowie concern the shooting of John Dillinger.

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