Frank Denholm is holding a glass jar while standing at the podium at a Democratic Party campaign event.

Frank Denholm is speaking at the podium at a Democratic Party campaign event.

Frank Denholm standing with two constituents at a campaign event. His hands is on the woman's shoulders.

Frank Denholm talking with a constituent at an outdoor event.

Frank Denholm is on the campaign trail. He is in a barn with child. They are standing next to cow.

Frank Denholm with supporters at a rally. They are wearing Denholm and McGovern hats.

Frank Denholm is shaking hands with a man at a campaign event. A woman is standing to the left. Another man has his hand on Denholm's shoulder.

Millie Denholm at an International Association of Machinists event. Frank Denholm is seated to her right.

Frank Denholm visiting a retail business while campaigning in 1968. He is shaking hands with the business owner. A young boy is in the background.

Frank Denholm in a caf? visiting with constituents during his 1968 campaign.

Frank Denholm at an International Association of Machinists event. He is standing next to a man in front of a Local 862 sign.

Frank Denholm at an event for South Dakota Senator George McGovern

Frank Denholm and Bill Hauck at the 1970 State Democratic Convention in Mitchell, South Dakota.

Richard Kneip speaking during his 1970 campaign. A woman in a green dress standing in the background.

Frank Denholm and a farmer standing next to an International Farmall tractor during Denholm's 1970 campaign.

Frank Denholm relaxing on a houseboat on a lake or river.

Frank and Millie Denholm at a luncheon during the 1970 campaign. Frank is talking to a woman to his left.

Millie Denholm and another woman standing in front of Democratic campaign headquarters.

Frank Denholm introducing the speaker at a campaign event.

Frank and Millie Denholm with a group of people at a campaign event.

Frank Denholm and Richard Kneip at a campaign event

Frank and Millie dancing at a campaign event.

Frank Denholm talking with men surrounding him at a table during a campaign event. Millie Denholm is smiling.

Frank Denholm at the Democratic Party booth at the fari in Turner County, South Dakota. Mrs. Milton Jorgenson, Mrs. Don Jenter, Bill D. and Dick Koneig.

Frank Denholm talking to constituents at a campaign event.

Frank and Millie Denholm dancing at a campaign event.

Frank Denholm standing on a highway, holding a sign, There is a car apporaching him on the road.

Frank and Millie Denholm riding in a red convertible, waving at spectators in the Augustana College Viking Days parade in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Frank Denholm speaking at a podium during a campaign event. There are others seated at the table beside him.

The Linda Hall Daschle Collection is composed of records created and collected by Linda Daschle during her career in aviation and her husband's career in the U.S. Congress. Included are awards and recognition that she received related to her work for various private and federal aviation associations and offices. Her collection also contains materials such as correspondence, press clips, and audio-visual recordings created during her career in the Federal Aviation Administration. Of note are letters from President Clinton and Vice President Gore, and remarks by Gore at the International Conference on Aviation Safety and Security in 1997.

Collected materials such as correspondence, trip schedules, weekly reports, and clippings from Tom Daschle's political career are included, as well as numerous audio-visual recordings of his speeches, interviews, and other activities. The remainder of the collection is comprised of plans, materials, and clippings of Tom Daschle's campaigns for the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, particularly the races against Clint Roberts and James Abdnor.

Representative E.Y. Berry, Senator Karl Mundt, and Ben Reifel, Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from the First District of South Dakota, are on the campaign trail in Pierre, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel and another man in Brookings, South Dakota. Ronald Reagan was in town campaigning for Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew

Reporters and supporters listening to Ronald Reagan in Brookings, South Dakota campaigning for Nixon-Agnew in 1968

Cars used by Morris Wagner of Little Eagle, South Dakota. It is covered with Republican Party campaign posters

Ben Reifel recognized for his work with the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children

Ben Reifel campaigning in Madison, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer about sugar beets during his 1960 campaign for Congress

Portrait of Ben Reifel during his 1960 campaign for Congress

Cards promoting Ben Reifel's campaign for Congress.

Lists of county chairmen in Ben Reifel's campaign, as well as minutes from many Reifel for Congress club meetings.

Article and newspaper clippings naming Ben Reifel as one of the nominees for senate.

Representative Ben Reifel receiving an award from Bill Harrison. The photograph is signed: With warmest regard Bill Harrison

Young girls performing for Bill Harrison at a fundraising event in Sheridan, Wyoming.

Vice presidential candidate William Miller deboarding a plane at Joe Foss Field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

People supporting the Goldwater-Miller ticket during the 1964 United States Presidential campaign at a rally in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Ben Reifel talking with people in Rosholt, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking with a housewife in her kitchen in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress, they are standing in front of the kitchen sink

Ben Reifel talking with a man in a drugs store during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking to a school teacher and a child at a playground in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking to a business man and his employee in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Frank Denholm holding cake in one hand for Donna Kuhfeldwho is standing next to him. She is wearing a McGovern button on her lapel.

Supporters carrying signs and wearing hats in support of Frank Denholm for Congress during a rally.

Frank Denholm with supporters while on the campaign trail. The group is from Chamberlain, South Dakota. They are wearing Denholm and McGovern hats.

Frank Denholm and his wife, Millie, are riding in a convertible in a parade during his 1968 campaign for Congress.

Frank and Millie Denholm at a campaign event. They are carrying plates of food and have drinks in their hands.

Campaign rally for the South Dakota Democratic Party. There is a parade of people, some are holding campaign signs and other are playing musical instruments in a band.

Frank Denholm at a South Dakota Democratic Party campaign rally standing next to a man.

Frank Dehnolm greeting a young supporter at a campaign event. A young man stands behind them.

Little boy standing on a street with a Denholm sign in one hand and a toy trumpet in the other hand.

Frank Denholm at a campaign event in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He is holding a white frosted cake in his hand and appears to be auctioning the cake to the highest bidder.

Frank Denholm at the South Dakota Democratic Party convention in Huron, South Dakota. He is holding his coat jacket under his arm and talking with Peder Ecker and another man.

Richard and Nancy Kneip sitting at a table with other people at a luncheon during his 1970 campaign.

Frank Denholm (left) and Richard Kneip (right) with a man and woman at a campaign event.

Man at podium speaking at a campaign event. Frank and Millie Denholm are seated to his left.

Frank Denholm at a campaign dinner. His is sitting with four other men.

Frank and Millie Denholm riding in a red convertible in the Augustana College Viking Days parade in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Frank is waving to parade spectators. There is a young girl standing in the back seat next to Frank.

Frank Denholm at a podium talking in a room full of people at a campaign event.

Richard Kneip is dancing with a woman at a campaign event.

Frank Denholm demonstrating his auctioning skills at a sale.

Frank Denholm at a campaign event. He is holding a bowl while the audience is seated on chairs around him.

Frank Denholm speaking at a campaign event.

Frank Denholm is holding a glass jar while standing at the podium at a Democratic Party campaign event. There are two men standing next to him.

Frank and Millie Denholm attending an event with other people.

Frank Denholm holds a microphone while a woman asks a question at a Democratic Party campaign event.

People seated at tables at a Democratic Party campaign event.

Ben Reifel is on the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children, the group is on the lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Ben Reifel attends a meeting of the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children

Ben Reifel on a campaign stop at the East River Electric Power Cooperative in Webster, South Dakota

Ben Reifel campaigning in Madison, South Dakota

Bumper Stickers, cards, and pins for Ben Reifel's political campaigns.

Representative Ben Reifel talking with farmers about sugar beets during his 1960 campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel is watching a man work in a blacksmith shop during his 1960 campaign for Congress, there is an anvil in the foreground

Bumper sticker for Ben Reifel's campaigns

Lists and letters from those who pledged money for Ben Reifel's campaign.

Affidavit of campaign and election expenditures from Ben Reifel's campaign.

Receipts from various Broadcasting and Photography companies for Ben Reifel's campaign.

Ben Reifel's receipts from various general office expenses.

Envelopes and stationery for Ben Reifel's campaign.

Representative Ben Reifel at a Bill Harrison fundraising event in Sheridan, Wyoming. Two women are on horses, Ben and another man stand nearby, they are all holding signs

Ben Reifel speaking to voters at the courthouse in Woonsocket, South Dakota

Vice presidential candidate William Miller speaking at a podium at a Republican campaign rally in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Alice Reifel with two campaign volunteers making telephone calls seeking support for Ben Reifel

Ben Reifel talking with a carpenter on the front porch of a house in Spearfish, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel signing business cards during in campaign for Congress, another man is standing behind him watching

Ben Reifel talking with a man in front of a store during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking with a housewife in her kitchen in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress, there are jars of preserves sitting on the stove

In the 1986 election, Daschle became South Dakota's junior senator by winning 52 percent of the vote in a tight race with Republican Senator James Abdnor. Senator Daschle was appointed to the Finance Committee during his first year in the Senate, an unusual honor for a freshman. In 1988, he became the first South Dakotan ever to hold a Senate Leadership position when he was named the first ever co-chair of the Democratic Policy Committee by then Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell.

When Senator Mitchell retired in 1994, Daschle ran for the post of Democratic Minority Leader and won, 24-23, over Senator Christopher Dodd. Only Lyndon B. Johnson had served fewer years in the Senate before being elected to the Leader position.

Senator Daschle served as Minority Leader from 1994 to 2001, when the Senate became deadlocked with 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans for the first time in the Senate's history. Daschle became Majority Leader for 17 days, from January 3 to January 20, because the new congress took office before a new presidential administration. Vice-President Al Gore acted as ex officio President of the Senate to give the Democrats a majority.

Daschle and Trent Lott, the Republican Leader, negotiated for five weeks to invent new rules to share power in an evenly-divided Congress and finally came up with an agreement that was passed unanimously by the Senate. In May of 2001, Republican Senator Jim Jeffords became an Independent, which gave the Democrats a majority in the chamber to make Senator Daschle Majority Leader once again, from June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003. After the 2002 election, Daschle again became Minority Leader for the 108th Congress until his defeat in the 2004 election.

Tom Daschle lost the 2004 election to John Thune by 4,534 votes, a 49%-51% margin. He had been the Democratic Leader for ten years, two years longer than Lyndon B. Johnson, and was the first party leader in a half-century to be voted out of office.

The U.S. Senate papers series of the Daschle Papers is composed of records created by Tom Daschle and his staff during his tenure in the U.S. Senate. Included are trip schedules, speeches, sponsored and cosponsored legislation, and administrative files including financial disclosures, appointments and schedules. This series does not contain much material related to Daschle's campaigns for voting records during this time.

The trip schedules and files regarding his frequent trips back to South Dakota, including quite a few of Daschle's "Trip Notes" which are Daschle's notes to his staff regarding his impressions of the details of the trip and issues and concerns encountered on the trips that he wanted his staff to address.

Also included are files on the Whitewater issue during the Clinton administration, veterans issues, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota Water Projects, the accident of South Dakota Governor Mickelson, and aviation issues."

Frank Denholm at podiuim giving a speech at an event. There are people seated to his right.

Frank Denholm talking with people at an event.

Frank and Millie Denholm at an International Association of Machinists event. They are seated at a long table with other people.