Hyer - Jaquish Hotel

Historical marker location:

854 Jenifer Street, Madison, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of Jenifer Street and South Patterson Street, on the left when traveling east on Jenifer Street.)

Marker installed: 1975

1854.

The first ever televised political debate was held in Wisconsin during the 1950 U.S. Senate race between Joseph McCarthy and Robert La Follette Jr.