political activity

The downfall of Mother Bank - Public domain drawing

A pro-Jackson satire applauding the President's September 1833 order for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. The combined opposition to this move from Bank president Nicholas Bid... More

Set to between Old Hickory and Bully Nick

Satire on the public conflict between Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle over the future of the Bank of the United States, and the former's campaign to destroy it. The print is sympathetic to Jackson, portrayi... More

Mr. Clay taking a new view of the Texas question

Illustration shows Henry Clay, dressed in doublet and breast plate with a brace of pistols at his waist, holding a carving knife and fork, at an open door in which a tiny "Mexican" cowers on a shelf. Below the ... More

Woman's crusade against intemperance / drawn by C.S. Reinhart.

Women in barroom protesting the sale of alcoholic beverages. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1874 March 14, p. 236.

Latest thriller in ski sailing - U.S. Presidential Elections

Cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt ski jumping over a gorge with William H. Taft on his shoulders. The ski ramp is labelled "White House influence". They are attempting to land on a platform labelled "Preside... More

Women march for free Erin, National Photo Company, Washington DC

Miss Amelia Rosser, who appeared as Ireland in bondage, standing in car in parade staged by women urging Congress to abrogate all treaties with England until Ireland is recognized, on Capitol Hill, Washington, ... More

A tip to John Bull / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows five women suffragettes, wearing Napoleonic hats and great coats, standing on a tiny island. Caption: Send your militant suffragettes to Saint Helena. Illus. in: Puck, v. 73, no. 1884 (1913 ... More

Throng of women charge on New York city hall to demand bread

Crowd of women, led by Mrs. Ida Harris, president of the Woman's Vigilance League, at the city hall to protest the soaring cost of food. (Source: Independent, 12 March 1917; International Socialist Review, Apri... More

Cell at Occoquan [Workhouse]. National Woman Party

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of a prison cell in Occoquan Workhouse seen through door with bars.

Taking suffrage prisoners from D.C. Court House to prison.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of arrested National Woman's Party members being loaded into a vehicle just inside garage entrance to brick building, overseen by police and onlookers.

The end - Public domain dedication image

End page for album with hand-painted text surrounded by cartouche of autumn leaves. Album details Clare Boothe Luce's 1944 re-election campaign for US representative from the 4th district of Connecticut (Fairf... More

Three African American women at a polling place, one looking at a book...

Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Date from: "The Negro vote: Republican gamble that failed?", U.S. News and World Report, Nov. 15, 1957, p. 39-40. Contact sheet available for re... More

[Major Pedro Luis Díaz Lanz, former commander in chief of the Cuban ai...

Contact sheet folder caption: "Major Lanz, MST [Marion S. Trikosko], 7/14/59." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 27... More

Reception held at Biltmore Hotel by Sen. and Mrs. Lyndon Johnson / [WK...

Photograph shows Lyndon B. Johnson at podium speaking to a crowd while campaigning for the nomination for president at the Democratic Convention in Los Angeles, California; Mrs. Johnson stands next to him with ... More

[Attorney General Robert Kennedy testifying before a Senate subcommitt...

Public domain photograph related to JFK, John Kennedy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Jimmy Carter retrieving his luggage from a car before boarding "Peanu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an airplane, aircraft, airport, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Jimmy Carter waving at the Democratic National Convention, New York C...

Contact sheet folder caption: Democratic Convention in N.Y.C. ... Jimmy Carter gives acceptance speech as presidential candidate. WKL. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet av... More

[90-year-old political activist Doris "Granny D" Haddock speaking at a...

Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-COLOR-2000-5074 or corresponding negative sleeve. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-COLOR-2000-5074, frame 6. Contact sheet or ... More

Progressive for president Robert M. La Follette.

Poster shows portrait of La Follette by Underwood & Underwood surrounded by four Liberty Bells. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1982; (DLC/PP-1982:002).

President Roosevelt, members of the Notification Committee, and guests...

President Roosevelt and his son, Kermit, with other men standing outside Sagamore Hill draped with American flags. H48634 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

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

When women decide this war should end, this war will end Join the Unit...

Public domain photograph of Vietnam War, the 1960s, 1970s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Symptoms of a locked jaw. Plain sewing done here

The caricature reflects the bitter antagonism between Kentucky senator Henry Clay and President Andrew Jackson, during the protracted battle over the future of the Bank of the United States from 1832 through 18... More

Then and now - 1862 and 1882 The stalwart medal - Puck's idea of the d...

Prints shows Ulysses S. Grant in crocodile skin in front of bill posted on wall, "Order No. 11 by U.S. Grant, 1862, excluding Jews from the army," and holding paper which reads "Meeting Chickering Hall, sympath... More

The people's line--Take care of the locomotive

Incumbent President Martin Van Buren drives "Uncle Sam's Cab," a carriage pulled by a blindered horse, which wrecks on a pile of "Clay." The carriage founders in the path of a locomotive, really an assemblage o... More

A "dodge" that wont work - Public domain portrait drawing

Greeley, behind whom Jefferson Davis with his cat-o-nine tails and chain, appeals to Negroes "Sam" and "Ceasar" for their vote. They will not vote for Greeley, for they "see Jeff Davis and behind him is the old... More

President Roosevelt, members of Notification Committee and guests, Sag...

H48694 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Move on!" Has the Native American no rights that the naturalized Amer...

A policeman ordering a Native man to "move on" away from a voting polls around which are clustered stereotyped "naturalized" Americans. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 15, no. 747 (1871 April 22), p. 361. Refere... More

[Theodore Roosevelt with members of the Notification Committee and gue...

H48635 U.S. Copyright Office. Title devised by Library staff based on captions found on variant images. Copyright 1904 by Underwood & Underwood.

President Roosevelt, members of Notification Committee and guests, Sag...

H48695 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Political cartoons related to Secretary of War William H. Taft runnin...

Two political cartoons on one sheet: cartoon on left by Clifford Berryman published in the Washington Star, April 28, 1907, shows Taft leaving a dog labeled "Politics" behind in Washington, D.C., as he travels ... More

Sam Lee [i.e., Tom Lee], Mayor of Chinatown, 86 yrs. old, at American ...

Half-length portrait of Mayor, seated, facing front. J186202 U.S. Copyright Office.

Suffrage march line--How thousands of women parade today at Capitol

Women marchers organized by country, state, occupation, and organization, led by Miss Inez Milholland and Mrs. Richard Coke Burleson, during the suffrage march, March 3, 1913, Washington, D.C. Illus. in: New Yo... More

"Death to Quezon!" is heard in Manila ... the battle cry of the Radica...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Palmer Committee, 15 - Public domain photograph

A group of people walking down a sidewalk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph taken at the White House of the group of children who have ...

Includes wives of political prisoners who are protesting with children. National Photo Company Collection. No. 18642.

January 12, 1927. White House reception by the President and Mrs. Cool...

Photographer's address: 1405 F St. [Washington, DC]. No. 3568. Mary Montgomery Booze is labeled at far right. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division (Benjamin Montgomery Family Papers); 1973; DLC/PP-1973:231.

Champ takes to hustings for Willkie declaring that there is "no future...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

Vice President Rockefeller addresses congressional Black Caucus full e...

Photograph shows Nelson Rockefeller speaking at forum as Rep. Shirley Chisholm listen. Title from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 31150, frame... More

[President Gerald Ford preparing for the first debate with Jimmy Carte...

Contact sheet folder caption: Pres. Ford in his office at White House preparing for first TV debate with Gov. Carter tonite. TOH. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet availabl... More

[Jimmy Carter speaking at a Brooklyn College campaign stop in New York...

Contact sheet folder caption: Carter campaign, N.Y.C., N.Y. ... speaking to students and citizens of Brooklyn College .... TOH. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available ... More

[President Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter on television during 1st presi...

Contact sheet folder caption: Ford-Carter TV Debate from TV screen. TOH. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

[President Gerald Ford greets flag-waving supporters at a campaign sto...

Contact sheet folder caption: Pres. Ford campaign trip thru the deep South La., Miss., Ala., & Fla., 9/25-27/76. TOH. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for refere... More

[Aerial view of marchers on the National Mall during the Million Man M...

Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-1995-841 or corresponding negative sleeve. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-1995-841, frame 4. Contact sheet or negative sleev... More

The woman-suffrage movement in New York City society leaders securing ...

Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The first colored senator and representatives - in the 41st and 42nd C...

Group portrait of African American legislators: Robert C. De Large, Jefferson H. Long, H.R. Revels, Benj. S. Turner, Josiah T. Walls, Joseph H. Rainy [i.e., Rainey], and R. Brown Elliot. Currier & Ives : a cat... More

The people's line--Take care of the locomotive

Incumbent President Martin Van Buren drives "Uncle Sam's Cab," a carriage pulled by a blindered horse, which wrecks on a pile of "Clay." The carriage founders in the path of a locomotive, really an assemblage o... More

[Patrick Henry before the Virginia House of Burgesses May 30, 1765]

Print shows Patrick Henry delivering a speech against the Stamp Act of 1765, "If this be treason, make the most of it." Title from original painting by Peter F. Rothermel after which the engraving was made. Pai... More

"The first vote" / AW [monogram] ; drawn by A.R. Waud.

Print shows African American men, in dress indicative of their professions, in a queue waiting their turn to vote. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 11, no. 568 (1867 November 16), title page (p. 721). Reference c... More

"The first vote" / AW [monogram] ; drawn by A.R. Waud.

Print shows African American men, in dress indicative of their professions, in a queue waiting their turn to vote. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 11, no. 568 (1867 November 16), title page (p. 721). Reference c... More

Going up Salt River - Public domain book illustration, Library of Cong...

Political cartoons friendly to Van Buren were the rare exception during the 1840 campaign. Here the artist parodies the exploitation by Whig politicians of populist candidate William Henry Harrison. Martin Van ... More

[Chief Little Wound in council with other Indians, wearing feather hea...

Indians seated in semi-circle. 62278 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Heyn.

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 - "Marching through Georgia" / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a group of men and women marching under such banners as "The Lips That Touch Corn Likker Shall Never Touch Ourn", "W.C.T.U.", and "Carrie Nation Cadets", with one man carrying a small barrel ... More

"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

Famous G.O.P. women arrive - Public domain portrait print

Mrs. Corrine Roosevelt Robinson standing with Mrs. Jennette Hyde and Mrs. Carrie Fosseen, seated in front row are Mrs. Arthur Livermore, Mrs. Harriet Upton, and Mrs. Christine Bradley. Title transcribed from "s... More

Hunderttausende heimatstreuer Oberschlesier wollen zur Abstimmung Fahr...

Poster shows a large group of figures in the shape of Upper Silesia and a train going past them. Text states that millions of patriotic Upper Silesians wish to vote in the upcoming election but are too poor to ... More

Leaders of Filipino Independence Party on way to U.S. Manual [i.e. Man...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Female film industry workers carrying a large American flag as part o...

World-Telegram staff photo. Image is reversed. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[President Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Germany, D...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, seated at desk, with four men standing behind him. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress). Photograph by OWI. No. 17109-ZD.

Manuel Quezon, President of the Philippine Commonwealth

Photograph shows President Quezon speaking with reporters during his time of exile in the United States.

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

[President Gerald Ford aboard Air Force One during a campaign trip in ...

Contact sheet folder caption: Pres. Ford campaign trip thru the deep South La., Miss., Ala., & Fla., 9/25-27/76. TOH. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for refere... More

[President Gerald Ford pilots a riverboat as First Lady Betty Ford loo...

Contact sheet folder caption: Pres. Ford campaign trip thru the deep South La., Miss., Ala., & Fla., 9/25-27/76. TOH. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for refere... More

Shukugun to gunjin no seiji kanʼyo mondai : seiji mondai tokubetsu shi...

"MOJ 75-A 655": intended for microfilm. Cover title. Selected articles from various newspapers. LC copy from Naimushō Keihokyoku censorship collection; classified as "annei" and banned.

Village politicians / painted by D. Wilkie, R.A. ; etch'd by A. Raimba...

Print showing two groups of men discussing politics in a dwelling or public house. Library has three impressions of different states, one dated "First proof, Augt. 30th 1813." Inscribed in ink on undated proof... 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

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.

Symptoms of a locked jaw. Plain sewing done here

The caricature reflects the bitter antagonism between Kentucky senator Henry Clay and President Andrew Jackson, during the protracted battle over the future of the Bank of the United States from 1832 through 18... More

[Theodore Roosevelt, Joseph Cannon, members of the Republican Nominati...

Public domain photograph related to Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

All on hobbies, gee up, gee ho!

The major figures in American national politics in 1838 are gently satirized, each characterized as riding a favorite issue or "hobbyhorse." At the lead (far left) is President Martin Van Buren, riding a horse ... More

The unanimous nomination / Doremus Art Gallery, 218 Main Street, Pater...

Photographic reproduction of campaign memorabilia shows photographs of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Henry Wilson with the slogan: "In God is our strength. First in war, first in pea... More

A New humorous song, on the Cherokee chiefs Inscribed to the ladies of...

A broadside comprising seven verses in letterpress below an engraving, representing three Red Indian Chiefs in their national costumes; these men are named, "The Stalking Turkey", "The Pouting Pidgeon", "The Ma... More

Le roi promettant de venir a Paris avec sa famille. Salve d'Artillerie...

Print shows the departure from Versailles of Louis XVI and his family accompanied by a large mob of citizens, mostly women, who have come to excort them back to Paris. Illustration from: Collection complète de... More

Effect of acquiring the Platt habit. Roosevelt as he looked when he be...

Cover illustration for The Verdict, vol. 1, no. 26, 1899. Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

President Roosevelt, Speaker Cannon and members of the Republication N...

H48688 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cell blocks at Occoquan [Workhouse]

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of the exterior of cell blocks at Occoquan prison.

D.C. prison where suffrage pickets were confined.

Mary Winsor (Penn.) '17 [holding Suffrage Prisoners banner]

Title transcribed from item, with additional information derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of Mary Winsor, standing outside, holding a banner that reads: "To Ask Freedom for Women is Not... More

Helena Hill Weed, Norwalk, Conn. Serving 3 day sentence in D.C. prison...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Helena Hill Weed, facing forward, standing behind bars in a prison cell. Mrs. Helena Hill Weed of Norwalk, Conn., was a graduate of Vassar Col... More

[Mrs. James Rector of Columbus, Ohio consulting with W.D. Jameson on t...

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Vivian Malone entering Foster Auditorium to register for classes at t...

Vivian Malone, one of the first African Americans to attend the university, walks through a crowd that includes photographers, National Guard members, and Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. U.S.... More

[Tony Varona, Cuban lawyer, politician and member of the anti-Castro C...

Contact sheet folder caption: "Cuban Raid Ban story: shots at Cuban Revolutionay Council headquarters. 1st. Dr. Louis Bottifol, spokesman for the Council (former editor of Il Mundo Havana), 2nd. new pix of To... More

Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announcing her candidacy for the presid...

Title from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 25384, frame 5. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Reverend Jessee [i.e., Jesse] Jackson's march for jobs -- around the W...

Photograph shows Jesse Jackson speaking into a microphone, surrounded by marchers carrying signs advocating support for the Hawkins-Humphrey Bill for full employment. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.... More

[Jimmy Carter and his chief speechwriter, Pat Anderson, working aboard...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph related to the Jimmy Carter administration, 39th president of the United States, 1977-1981, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[President Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter on television during 1st presi...

Contact sheet folder caption: Ford-Carter TV Debate from TV screen. TOH. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

[President Gerald Ford shakes hands with supporters at the 1st preside...

Contact sheet folder caption: Pres. Ford's arrival in Phil., Pa. for 1st debate w/Carter, 9/28/76 [i.e., 9/23/76]. MST. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for refe... More

Reagan la roba a los pobres Migrant farm worker at a demonstration, Wa...

Photograph shows an elderly man in the Solidarity Day march, holding a picket sign with the message: Pres. Reagan robas a los pobres para darle a los ricos, LCLAA, in a crowd at a protest. A sign in the backgro... More

[Representative Patrick J. Kennedy II speaking at a rally for American...

Banner reads: "indianunity.org Tribes 2000." Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-1999-238 or corresponding negative sleeve. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-1999-... More

Participant in the "Million Indian March" on Washington, D.C., photogr...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images.... 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.

Then and now - 1862 and 1882 The stalwart medal - Puck's idea of the d...

Prints shows Ulysses S. Grant in crocodile skin in front of bill posted on wall, "Order No. 11 by U.S. Grant, 1862, excluding Jews from the army," and holding paper which reads "Meeting Chickering Hall, sympath... More

[German actress Hedwig Reicher wearing costume of "Columbia" with othe...

Title devised by Library staff based on New York Times article, March 3, 1913. Caption in the photograph may refer to one of the background figures in veils: "Florence F. Noyes as 'Liberty' in suffrage pageant.... More

A "dodge" that wont work - Public domain portrait drawing

Greeley, behind whom Jefferson Davis with his cat-o-nine tails and chain, appeals to Negroes "Sam" and "Ceasar" for their vote. They will not vote for Greeley, for they "see Jeff Davis and behind him is the old... More

"The first vote" / AW [monogram] ; drawn by A.R. Waud.

Print shows African American men, in dress indicative of their professions, in a queue waiting their turn to vote. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 11, no. 568 (1867 November 16), title page (p. 721). Reference c... More

President Roosevelt, members of Notification Committee and guests, Sag...

H48694 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Illustrations of the adventures of the renowned Don Quixote & his doug...

A burlesque history of the Jackson administration, with particular reference to his campaign to destroy the Bank of the United States. The narrative, in a series of twelve episodes, is based on Cervantes's "Don... More

Washington, D.C.--the new administration--colored citizens paying thei...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1877 April 7, p. 85. Reference copy in BIOG. FILE.

President Roosevelt, Speaker Cannon and the Republican Notification Co...

H48692 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description