elections

A magnificent offer to a magnificent officer

A cartoon ridiculing Whig nominee Winfield Scott as the pawn of New York antislavery senator William Seward. A member of the "Whig Committee" kneels before Scott and offers him a crown and a bag of money marked... More

Honorable Stephen A. Douglas: of Illinois, national democratic candida...

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Democracy 1832. 1864. - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

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General Joseph R. Hawley, president of the Chicago convention Honorabl...

3 illustrations in: Harper's weekly, 1868 June 6, p. 364. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

What I know about raising the devil

Horace Greeley's famous and widely ridiculed 1871 pamphlet "What I Know of Farming" provided the pretext for the title here. With the tail and cloven hoof of a devil Greeley (center) leads a small band of Liber... More

Grand national Democratic banner: 1880

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2710

Puck magazine cover - Driven to desperation / F. Opper.

Print shows William S. Holman holding up a page from the "The Sun" newspaper that shows his portrait above the caption "Our Candidate for President - W.S. Holman"; his hat and coat are on a chair and he is roll... More

Who killed Hancock? / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows the ghost of Winfield Scott Hancock sitting on a throne in a banquet hall, Samuel J. Tilden pushes a frightened Charles A. Dana, as Macbeth, toward Hancock, Dana makes wild statements while waving a... More

The political Courtney / Gillam., Confederate States of America.

Illustration shows a scene at a boathouse where an exhausted James G. Blaine, suffering from "Guano Gout", is being attended to by Jay Gould, Whitelaw Reid, George M. Robeson, William W. Phelps, and Stephen B. ... More

With Puck's compliments to the Democratic National Convention at Chica...

Illustration shows Puck holding a portrait of Samuel J. Tilden labeled "Opposed to Kelly 1876 - Carried New York by 32,000 Votes" and a portrait of Winfield Scott Hancock labeled "Supported by Kelly 1880 - Beat... More

The olympus of corruption - "Apollo strikes the lyre and charms the go...

Illustration shows James G. Blaine as Apollo playing a lyre labeled "N.Y. Tribune" fashioned from the body of Whitelaw Reid, before a gathering of the gods on Olympus; among those present are Cyrus Field as Mer... More

Bro. Jonathan--low bridge mister!

Man kneeling on canal boat being pulled by Republican Party elephant, while Uncle Sam and woman on bridge watch. "The new Mulligan letters: latest out. 'Bitter, burning, and humiliating to the last degree.' J.G... More

Group of Blooded Democrats at Mason City, Nebraska, during the Grover ...

summary: In a special golden anniversary edition dated 26 November 1942, the Custer County Chief published this photograph with the headline "Plug Hat Group of Democrats and Mason City," and a cut line which re... More

Portrait of Presidential campaign calendar, Print

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Zeese (A.) & Co., copyright claimant. Portraits of... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

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They mourn their loss / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows William McKinley, Benjamin Harrison, and John Sherman as old women in mourning among gravestones labeled "Here lies our dear McKinley Bill. Ruthlessly assassinated in the flower of its youth by the ... More

Beyond resuscitation / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Print shows the Tammany Tiger lying on its back on a bed, apparently dead. A notice on the wall states "The Tammany Tiger Executed by the People, November 6, 1894". Archbishop Michael Corrigan is kneeling at be... More

Puck's presidential possibilities. No. III, The czar out of a job / Da...

Print shows Thomas B. Reed standing on a low platform labeled "Maine", looking through a bent and crooked telescope, labeled "Presidential Aspirations", at the White House in the distance. A diminutive "Joe Man... More

"Much ado about nothing" / F.M. Hutchins.

Print shows a marching band playing in front of the "Headquarters of the New Silver Party" next to a notice that states "Now is the time to join - Step right in" and a poster that states "Triumph of the New Sil... More

A desperate case of political dipsomania / Kep.

Print shows a drunken man sitting in a chair with jugs and bottles labeled "Repudiation Gin, Free Silver Rum, Tillman's Firewater, Populist Whiskey, [and] Altgeld's Fizz" on the floor next to the chair, his rum... More

"Blowing" himself around the country / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows William Jennings Bryan standing on the back of a railroad caboose using a bellows labeled "16 to 1" to blow paraphrased fragments from speeches at rural citizens as the train passes. Traveling with ... More

Politics makes strange wheel-fellows / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Grover Cleveland and Thomas B. Reed riding down the "Sound-Money Road" on a bicycle built for two, with tires labeled "Gold Standard", and honking horns labeled "Ki-Yi Gun" at a small dog labeled "S... More

A hint not taken / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan offering a large knife labeled "16 to 1" to a laborer who is daydreaming about "Contentment", sitting next to a large bucket, labeled "1900", of golden eggs labeled "Sa... More

Succeeds late husband in house. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Mrs. Thomas...

A woman sitting at a table with a pen and paper. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln at his home in Springfield, Illinois, with a large cr...

Text printed under image: A procession, probably in the 1858 [sic] campaign, halted in front of Lincoln's Springfield home. Abraham Lincoln is the tall figure in white at the right of the doorway. From a photog... More

Pennsylvania Senators. Washington, D.C., Mar. 14. Apparently unworried...

Two men sitting at a table talking to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Declined with thanks / J.S. Pughe, Joseph Pulitzer

Illustration shows a huge Uncle Sam getting a new outfit made at the "McKinley and Company National Tailors" with President McKinley taking the measurements. Carl Schurz, Joseph Pulitzer, and Oswald Ottendorfer... More

The return of the prodigal party / Dalrymple.

Illustration shows a tattered old man labeled "Silver Republicans" running into the open arms of Mark Hanna, "Chairman of Rep. Natl. Com.", behind Hanna is a building flying the banner of "McKinley & Sound Mone... More

McKinley's Easter egg / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Special Easter edition centerfold shows William McKinley as a rooster standing next to a broken egg labeled "Vice-Presidential Aspirations" from which several chicks have emerged, identified as: "Lodge, Black, ... More

Theodore Roosevelt - Equal protection

H40303 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Lacey & Thomas. Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Puck magazine cover - The whole thing / Grant Hamilton.

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt wearing a white elephant costume labeled "Republican Party" with the U.S. Capitol in the background.

Mother Goose to date / Grant Hamilton.

Illustration shows Alton B. Parker as "Little Bopeep" sitting on a rock labeled "Esopus", tending a flock of sheep labeled "Gold Democrat" and their tails stating "Vote"; the sheep are entering a pasture labele... More

His first bath / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows Mayor George B. McClellan and Police Commissioner William McAdoo washing the Tammany Tiger labeled "Corruption" and "Graft"; in the background, Tammany Hall boss Charles F. Murphy is posting ... More

Odd Fellows Hall. The Victors Temperance Brigade, Election Day, Dec. 8...

Children lined up on street with sign, "Saloons must go". Photo copyrighted by J.C. Lay. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Saloons; Photog... More

Tracks in the political jungle Big game. The president - But these are...

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt, holding a rifle, looking at oversize tracks labeled "The third term idea." An elephant hides nearby in the brush. Signature: Bart. On verso of PRES FI... More

[President-elect Abraham Lincoln raising a flag at Independence Hall, ...

"Soldiers at attention and men and boys perched in the trees watch Lincoln hoist the stars and stripes at Independence Hall. Lincoln stands, hat off, directly above the single star on the extreme left of the dr... More

Benj. Strong Jr. - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph shows Benjamin Strong Jr., who was elected governor of the New York Federal Reserve Bank on October 5, 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

"Shoo!" - U.S. Presidential Elections

Cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt carrying a bat or stick, attempting to "Shoo" a dog labelled "3rd term". Cartoon from the Chicago News. Pasted on sheet with cartoons titled In the White House Pantry and Lat... More

William Lorimer - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photo shows William Lorimer, Republican U.S. Congressman and Senator from Illinois. Photo was taken during time the inquiry into the validity of his election was re-opened by the U.S. Senate. (Source: Flickr Co... More

Such a business! / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a nurse labeled "Mack" opening a window to the "Democratic Maternity", outside of which are several storks carrying newborns labeled "Gaynor, Bryan, Douglas, Harmon, Clark, Wilson, [and] Unde... More

"Members of this club" / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a boxing ring with Uncle Sam as the referee for a boxing match between Theodore Roosevelt, with his campaign manager Joseph M. Dixon, on the right, and President Taft, with his campaign manag... More

Mrs. Stephen [i.e. Steven] Ayres

Photo shows Mrs. Steven Beckwith Ayres (right) and another woman posed at an event probably related to the 1912 presidential election. Mrs. Ayres was active in the Woman's National Democratic League. (Source: F... More

Willard Bartlett - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photo shows Judge Willard Bartlett (1846-1925) who was elected to serve on the New York State Court of Appeals in 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

W.R. Pattangall - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photo shows William Robinson Pattangall (1865-1942), a Maine politician who was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from the 3rd District in a special election held on September 8, 1913. (Source: F... More

Jas. Holland - Labor Day '13 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Photo shows James P. Holland of the Eccentric Firemen's Union of New York City who was elected President of the New York State Federation of Labor in 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Jas. Holland - Labor Day '13 - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows James P. Holland of the Eccentric Firemen's Union of New York City who was elected President of the New York State Federation of Labor in 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title from data... More

Election Day in Tokyo - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Jas. M. Morehead, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows North Carolina politician John Motley Morehead II (1866-1923) who was a U.S. Representative (1909-1911)and elected to the Republican National Committee in 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project,... More

Controversial Party Banner in Tucson, Ariz[ona], 1916

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of street in Tucson with banner raised up across, "Women voters vote against Wilson-Ashurst-Hayden. Their party opposes national woman suffrage. National Woman's... More

Mabel Vernon Speaking at Suffrage Rally, May, 1916

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Mabel Vernon speaking to large crowd (mostly men) outside building in Chicago. Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 4, no. 25 (June ... More

Mrs. Frederick Forrest, Spokane, Washington, newly elected state chair...

Summary: Formal portrait, half-length, seated, Mrs. Frederick Story Forrest, with head and eyes turned slightly to the left, wearing suit with ruffled blouse, wide-brimmed hat with satin and feather trim, and h... More

Montana Senator. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. Senator Burton K. Wheeler,...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Senate Elections Comm., 52620 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Caption from caption list: Senate Committee on elections which is investigating Campaign Expenses of the v... More

Senator Rebecca Felton, [first] woman U.S. senator.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Rebecca Latimer Felton, in bifocal eye glasses, facing left with head turned toward camera, wearing dark, high-collared dress, and short-br... More

Rep. elect Mary T. Norton of N.J., 12424

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More

President Elect Gerardo Machado with J.B. Wright, 4/15/25

A black and white photo of two men in suits. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

President Elect Gerardo Machado of Cuba, with daughter & 2 friends, [4...

A black and white photo of a family standing outside of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vice President-elect Curtis receives supply of Christmas seals. The tw...

A black and white photo of a woman in a nurse's uniform and a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interesting White House Caller Governor-elect Morgan F. Larson of New ...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Opening of union cafe. Oakland, California. Photograph made day after ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Maybe the reason for the short Senate Democratic Caucus. Washington, D...

A couple of men sitting on top of a couch. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Special laborsaving rollers used in moving brick for road repair, Rout...

General caption for this series of images: These pictures taken immediately preceeding Ohio Democratic primaries. Incumbent governor Martin Davey set thousands of people to work on the roads for the several wee... More

California Senator-elect gets 'feel' of desk in Senate chamber. Washin...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a piano, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1... More

"Senator" Jim Morrison. Although Jim Morrison was defeated in the rece...

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President of U.S. Attorneys. Washington, D.C., April 27. An informal p...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Gene... More

Election for sheriff and councilman. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, Cal...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Two election officials at polling place on election day. Stem, Granvil...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Silver Spring, Maryland. Line at the polls on election day

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Barnesville, Maryland. One of the citizens at the community hall recei...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro voting in Cardoza [i.e., Cardozo] High School in [Washington,] D...

Photograph showing a young African American woman casting her ballot. Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Campaign for 16th Pennsylvania - U.S. Presidential Elections

Caption for frame no. 35: Democratic candidate James G. Blaine shakes hands with May Egolf at Coatesville Senior Center in Coatesville, Pa., during a campaign stop. Looking on is Christine Terry. Blaine is runn... More

United States presidential election 2008, results by state, November 5...

Also shows number of electoral votes per state. Includes insets of Alaska, Hawaii, and the District of Columbia. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Building: "Rough & Ready Mining Supplies, Antiques" in Rough and Ready...

Rough and Ready was established in 1849 by a mining company from Wisconsin known as the Rough and Ready Company. Their leader, Captain A.A. Townsend, named the company after General Zachary Taylor (nicknamed "O... More

This roadside sign supporting 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More

William O. Butler: democratic candidate for Vice President of the Uni...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7292

Election scene, November 1st 1868 / photographed by J.N. Wilson, No. 1...

Stereograph showing a large group of people, seen from behind, sitting on fence rails and standing, possibly gathered for appearance by a presidential candidate in Savannah, Georgia; also shows a banner for the... More

You must make your choice. Birds of a feather flock together Miller's ...

A Republic campaign broadside making Horace Greeley the scapegoat for anti-Southern and ant-Democratic feeling. Greeley is shown together with Southern statesmen John C. Calhoun and former president of the Conf... More

Illustrated political chart, a cartoon of American politics and the Ta...

Print shows James G. Blaine as the head of a tapeworm made up of various government scandals over a map of the United States. 11776 U. S. Copyright Office. Graham, A. B., copyright claimant.

Watching the election returns--great crowds before the Times B'ld'g. a...

Stereograph showing night view of crowd. H90976 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1907 by H.C. White Co. On mount: The "Perfec" Stereograph. (Trade Mark.). Patented April 14, 1903. No. 70.

Election Day, November 10, 1987, Lowell, Massachusetts; Fire departmen...

Index data: The following photographs were made on Election Day, November 10, 1987. 0a-4a, Inside voting poll. Oa is a good photo; 5a, Fire department alarm tape machine; 6a, Fire department wall mural of horse... More

George Brinton McClellan Papers: Letterbooks and Telegram Books, 1852-...

Election Day, November 10, 1987, Lowell, Massachusetts

Index data: The following photographs were made on Election Day, November 10, 1987. 1-2, Bill Flanagan headquarters after defeat; 3-19, Robert Kennedy headquarters after victory. 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15... More

Election Day, City Hall, Lowell, Massachusetts

Index data: All of the following photographs were made on Election Day, November 10, 1987. 0-12, Election returns being tabulated at City Hall. 1, 4, 10, and 12 are good photos; 13-26, Robert Kennedy headquarte... More

Local elections in Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Index data: 1 Registry clerk inside polls; 2-7, Campaign workers with political posters outside polls; 8, Voting booths; 9, Voter checking in; 10, Voter voting; 11, Doug DeNatale talking with poll official; 12,... More

Election Day, November 10, 1987, Lowell, Massachusetts

Index data: The following photographs were made on Election Day, November 10, 1987. 1-4, Voting poll/campaign workers; 5-16, Inside voting poll. 5 is a good photo; 17-28, Voting poll/campaign workers. 17, 19, 2... More

George Brinton McClellan Papers: Notebooks, 1842-1885; European milita...

God grant us peace We shall see more Rads "bottled up" in November.

Print shows a double campaign placard or sign. The work may be an uncut proof for two placards, produced for both Republican and Democratic camps during the 1868 campaign. It is unclear whether the Grant image ... More

Phryne before the Chicago tribunal / Gillam, with apologies to J.L. Ge...

Illustration showing Republican presidential candidate James G. Blaine as the prostitute "Phryne", revealed by Whitelaw Reid, wearing shorts, a bib labeled "Magnetic Pad", and covered with tatoos relating to hi... More

James A. Garfield Republican candidate for president - Chester A. Art...

Broadside showing James A. Garfield, bust portrait, facing right, and Chester A. Arthur, bust portrait, facing front. 10784 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on stone "Vic Arnold" lower left. Library has two impressions.

California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, San F...

Significance: The California State Building is a contributing element of the San Francisco Civic Center Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Nationa... More

S. C. Ashby House, 642 Dearborn Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark County...

Significance: Shirley C. Ashby was one of the leading financiers and citizens of early-day Helena. He came to Montana in 1867, and was employed by I.G. Baker & Bros. of Fort Benton to help in their Indian trad... More

S. C. Ashby House, 642 Dearborn Street, Helena, Lewis and Clark County...

Significance: Shirley C. Ashby was one of the leading financiers and citizens of early-day Helena. He came to Montana in 1867, and was employed by I.G. Baker & Bros. of Fort Benton to help in their Indian trad... More

Barry Farber for Mayor - Public domain portrait print

Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alexandre Mouton House, 1122 Lafayette Street, Lafayette, Lafayette Pa...

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The Alexandre Mouton House was home to the first Democratic Governor of Louisiana. The original house, Maison Dimanche (or Sunday H... More

The operations of the registration laws and Negro [suffr]age in the So...

Eight scenes: 1. Jury of Whites and Blacks. 2. Freedman discharged for voting the Radical ticket. 3. Scene in Registration office, Macon, Ga. 4. Potential arguments to the Freedman for his vote. 5. Freedmen ...... More

Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. Andrew Johnson of Tennessee. No. 37 / G. ...

Print shows a campaign banner for the Republican ticket in the 1864 presidential election. It consists of facing bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln (left) and Andrew Johnson (right). Below each portrait is an id... More

Public office is a public trust For President of the United States, Gr...

Political poster shows vignettes of the candidates, banners with campaign slogans, and an eagle. On recto: Democratic campaign banner no. 1.

Masonic Hall & Grand Theater, 818 North Market Street, Wilmington, New...

Significance: It is one of the finest remaining examples of cast iron architecture in America. It is associated with several major events in Delaware's history, but more importantly, it is famous for its rich t... More

"Backed to win" - Print, Library of Congress collection

Cartoon showing Benjamin Harrison riding on back of eagle and holding up scroll "Republican nomination" above White House. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale R... More

Baker Island Light, Lightkeeper's House, Just east of Cranberry Isles,...

Significance: The first Baker Island Lighthouse began operation in 1828 with William Gilley as lightkeeper. With the election of a Whig president in 1848, Gilley was replaced, and by 1855 the light and the keep... More