This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Knoxville Republicans celebrate early headquarters and gains
Knoxville Iowa voters delivered a Republican resurgence with a new party HQ on the square as Harold Van Maanen and Doug Shull helped lead door knocking campaigns. Across the Midwest the GOP expanded control in state legislatures and kept the governor’s chair, signaling a regional shift in the 1978 elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y
Knoxville
Iowa
Marvin Gilliland
Marion County
Gilliland
Des Moines
Middle West
Shull
Iowa House
Senate
Republican National Committee
Bill Brock
Midwest
Minnesota
House of Representatives
Roger Jepsen
Dick Clark
Middle Western
Great Lakes
Plains
Midlands
Carroll Johnson
Clark
Jepsen
Johnson
Kline
Bill Goff
Mary
Goff
Kansas
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Michigan
Robert P. Griffin
James J. Exon
Carl T. Curtis
Indiana
Illinois
Houses of Representatives