Jubilant Democrats collecting autographs from Governor Gaylord Nelson and Madison Mayor Ivan Nestingen at the Inaugural Dinner at the Loraine Hotel in 1959. Nelson, who had settled in Madison after World War II in order to launch his political career, was the first Democrat elected governor in more than 25 years. Mayor Nestingen went on to be appointed undersecretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in Washington, D.C. SHSW WHi(X3)28203

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