556 Presidential elections, Prints Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

556 media by topic ∙ page 1 of 6

Ring again the liberty bell in 1900, 1800 Jefferson, W.J. Bryan, 1900

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Knisely, A. W., copyright claimant. Globe Co., pub... More

White Mountains in labour - Political cartoon, public domain image

The artist belittles the Democrats' relatively undistinguished choice for presidential nominee in 1852, Franklin Pierce. The cartoon is based on Aesop's fable about the mountain which, being in labor, groaned s... More

The great November contest. Patriotism: versus Bummerism

The strongly racist character of the Democratic presidential campaign of 1868 is displayed full-blown in this elaborate attack on Reconstruction and Republican support of Negro rights. Horses with the heads of ... More

Puck magazine cover - Self-supporter Sammy / F. Opper.

Print shows two images of Samuel J. Tilden, dressed identically, to the left and right of a barrel full of coins, labeled with monogram "SJT"; papers extending from their pockets state "For President, S.J. Tild... More

Getting them into line for 1884 / Gillam.

Print shows Benjamin F. Butler as a military officer sitting on a horse, gesturing with his "Programme" to a snickering man labeled "Solid South" to get him to fall into line with Butler's support for his presi... More

The return from exile / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows William McKinley, as Napoleon I, riding a white horse labeled "Ohio" and carrying a sword labeled "McKinley", on the banks of a river, leading an army that includes Benjamin Harrison, Thomas B. Reed... More

Caricature, A bad outlook for him, public domain cartoon image

Print shows a man labeled "Bossism" armed with weapons labeled "False Count", "Fraudulent Registration", "Intimidation", and "Deals"; behind him are two policemen labeled "Independent Democrat" and "Independent... More

Caught in his own trap / Dalrymple.

Print shows David B. Hill caught in a large claw-type animal trap labeled "Nomination for N.Y. Governorship"; a sign posted next to the trap states "This Trap was set by David B. Hill to catch an Anti-Snapper".... More

Coxey'[s ... patern]alism" / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows "Gen. Coxey" carrying a sword labeled "Sensation" and leading a band of disgruntled citizens marching under the banner "We Want $500,000,000 in Irredeemable Money! and Death to Interest on Bonds!"; ... More

Too much like Cæsar / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Benjamin Harrison as Caesar, standing in the foreground, wearing a Roman toga and a laurel wreath; Thomas B. Reed as Cassius and William McKinley as Brutus are standing in the background, wearing Ro... More

The poster craze in candidateville / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Uncle Sam strolling through a maze of presidential campaign posters along "Presidential Avenue" being posted by several of the candidates, including William "McKinley on his High Charger 'War-Tariff... More

No party lines when the national honor is in peril / Dalrymple.

Print shows the combined forces of the gold standard supporters, including some newspaper editors, and a reluctant William McKinley, marching under the standard "The Nation's Credit Must Be Upheld", toward a fo... More

The old leading man retires / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows Matthew S. Quay and Thomas C. Platt holding papers labeled "Great Republican Farce Comedy - Presidential Aspirations - Star Part", with Thomas B. Reed, William B. Allison, William McKinley and Levi ... More

He did not think so in '92 / Keppler.

Print shows William Jennings Bryan casting a vote for the nomination of J.B. Weaver, the Populist Party candidate in 1892, instead of the Democratic Party candidate, Grover Cleveland. Bryan supported the "Popul... More

Jenness for President, vote Socialist Workers

Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Presidential candidates. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Print shows head-and-shoulder portraits of "Horatio Seymour", "General Frank P. Blair", "General Grant", and "Schuyler Colfax"; each portrait or pair of portraits could be ordered separately, for instance the p... More

The Republican Party going to the right House

Abraham Lincoln's supporters are portrayed as radicals and eccentrics of various stripes. The satire is loosely based on an anti-Fremont cartoon from the previous presidential race, "The Great Republican Reform... More

William H. Taft - "good times" - Public domain portrait print

Print shows William Howard Taft, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, against red, white, and blue background, with "Good Times" printed on a label attached to his coat. Copyrighted 1908. Allied... More

William H. Taft - "good times" - Public domain portrait print

For President, Grover Cleveland, for Vice-President, Adlai E. Stevenso...

Political poster shows bust portraits of candidates in laurel wreaths with campaign slogans, including "Tariff reform."

Pilgrims' progress - Political cartoon, public domain image

Democratic party war-horse Andrew Jackson appears frequently in the satires of the 1844 election campaign. Here, wearing a long frock coat and tall hat, he leads a donkey carrying Democratic candidates Polk and... More

The modern Colossus. Eighth wonder of the world

Martin Van Buren's inability to bridge the distance between the "Conscience," or abolitionist, Whigs and conservative Democrats is portrayed as his downfall in the 1848 presidential race. Van Buren led the Free... More

The great footrace for the presidential purse (100,000 and picking) ov...

Satire on the presidential election of 1852, showing Winfield Scott, Daniel Webster, and Franklin Pierce competing in a footrace before a crowd of onlookers for a $100,000 prize (the four-year salary for a pres... More

Grand National Republican banner, US Democratic party

Print shows a campaign banner for the 1876 Republican presidential ticket. Bust portraits of Ohio governor Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler are framed with laurel wreaths. Above them hang swags of dra... More

Westward the march of empire takes it flight / lith. by Baker, 8 Wall ...

A grand Whig campaign broadside, with text "A brief sketch of the principal events in the lives of William Henry Harrison, and John Tyler . . ." written by Benjamin Owen Tyler. The biographies highlight the can... 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

Lewis Cass, Democratic candidate for president

Print shows a campaign banner for Democratic candidates Lewis Cass and William O. Butler produced for the 1848 presidential election. The banner is designed in a horizontal format, similar to Currier's "Zachary... More

Republican platform and presidential nominees

Print shows bust portraits of presidential candidate Benjamin Harrison and vice presidential candidate Levi P. Morton; between them are two columns topped with bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. G... More

The right man for the right place

Another satire complimentary to Fillmore, whose campaign slogan was "the right man in the right place." Fillmore was nominated at the American party's February 22 convention in Philadelphia. Here he is the embo... More

[Head-and-shoulders portraits of General Winfield Scott Hancock and Ho...

Printed on cloth handkerchief. Reference copy in SPECIFIC SUBJ FILE - Presidents Elections 1880.

The seven stages of the office seeker / Clay, fecit.

A satire on patronage and corruption in New York State politics, based on the medieval theme, perpetuated in American folk art, of the "life and ages of man." Here the seven stages are illustrated as key points... More

Honorable John C. Breckinridge: of Kentucky, national democratic candi...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3155

The "wigwam" grand march - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, in oval. Caption continues: Dedicated to the Republican Presidential Candidate. Hon. Abrm. Lincoln. Also published by: C.C. Clapp & Co.,... More

The grand national fight 2 against 1 fought on the 6th of Nov. 1856 fo...

The familiar metaphor of the presidential contest as a boxing match is invoked once again. (For an earlier example see "Set to Between the Champion Old Tip and the Swell Dutchman of Kinderhook," no. 1836-12.) T... More

Honorable John C. Breckinridge: Democratic candidate for sixteenth pre...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3153

The undecided political prize fight, Political Cartoon

A pro-Breckinridge satire on the 1860 presidential contest. Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln (right) and Democrat Stephen A. Douglas (left) appear as boxers squaring off in a ring before a small crowd of on... More

Caricature, A sop to Cerberus / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Print shows Chester A. Arthur offering a "Bill Excluding Chinese for 10 Years", in the shape of a Chinese man's face, to a three-headed Cerberus labeled "Western Vote" with the heads labeled "Demagogue, Hoodlum... More

Another restorer of antiquities à la Cesnola / Gillam.

Print shows Charles A. Dana as an archaeologist who has just excavated a statue labeled "S.J.T." and "Buried in 1876" from "Greystone", behind which Henry Watterson, on the left, and John Kelly, on the right, g... More

Barkis is willin' / Gillam. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows an Irishman man labeled "Democracy" standing at center, holding a small glass slipper labeled "'84 Presidential Nomination", with Samuel J. Tilden and Charles A. Dana as courtiers standing behind hi... More

[Grover Cleveland for president campaign memorabilia fragment]

Print fragment shows a portrait of Andrew Jackson, a tree, and a harp with a banner above stating "Jacks[...]berty" and text below stating "For President of the United States. Grover Cleveland." Related to AMB... More

Puck's presidential possibilities. No. I, The national knife-grinder /...

Print shows presidential hopeful John Sherman, wearing a tall stove-pipe hat, standing in the middle of a village street, operating a grinding wheel labeled "Nomination" and sharpening a large knife labeled "La... More

The new coat / F. Opper. - Public domain photogrpaph

Print shows William E. Chandler as a store clerk at the "Republican Misfit Clothing Company" helping David B. Hill purchase some new clothes; Hill is trying on a new coat that has a large golden medal labeled "... More

Well protected / C.J. Taylor. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows William McKinley walking down a street in the neighborhood of "Anarchy Slum" with a tall, well-dressed female figure labeled "Gold Standard" on his arm and two policemen labeled "Palmer" and "Buckne... More

Caricature, Put in his place / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Print shows William Bourke Cockran, labeled "Democratic Sound Money League" delivering a speech at Madison Square Garden in New York City, during which he presses down upon the back of William Jennings Bryan wh... More

Poor Tammany! / F. Opper. - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows the Tammany Tiger wearing a campaign button that states "16 to 1 Bryan and Sewall", and a watch chain with a "Pawn Ticket" instead of the watch, bemoaning the fact that the Republican Party platform... More

"The irrespressible conflict" Or the Republican barge in danger

The cartoon reflects the considerable bitterness among New York Republicans at the party's surprising failure to nominate New York senator William H. Seward for president at its May 1860 national convention. Th... More

For peace and honesty : McGovern for President

Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

For president John Bell. For vice president Edward Everett

Print shows a large campaign banner for Constitutional Union party presidential candidate John Bell and running mate Edward Everett. The banner consists of a printed, thirty-three star American flag pattern wit... More

The old bull dog on the right track

An election year cartoon measuring Democratic candidate McClellan's military failures against the recent successes of his successor, Ulysses S. Grant. At right Grant, portrayed as a bulldog wearing a collar lab... More

The political gymnasium - Drawing. Public domain image.

A general parody on the field of presidential candidates and their supporters in the 1860 campaign. At the far left stands Constitutional Union party vice presidential candidate Edward Everett, as a muscle man ... More

A war president. Progressive democracy

A caricature of Democratic candidate Lewis Cass, a general in the War of 1812, suggesting that his expansionist leanings would lead the United States into war. Cass (dubbed "General Gas" by the unfriendly press... More

A war president. Progressive democracy

The Third-term Panic. "An ass, having put on the lion's skin, turned a...

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Protection to home industry 1888 / CK 88.

Print shows a campaign poster for the presidential election of 1888, featuring bust portraits of Benjamin Harrison labeled "For President Ben. Harrison", Levi P. Morton labeled "Vice President L.P. Morton", and... More

Our home defenders, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Republican Party presidential campaign poster shows head-and-shoulder portraits of William McKinley holding U.S. flag and standing on the gold coin of "sound money," held up by a group of men in front of the sh... More

The Presidents of the United States Lewis Cass, Democratic candidate f...

Print shows a campaign banner for Democratic presidential candidate Lewis Cass. It is almost identical in design to a banner Currier produced the same year for Zachary Taylor (no. 1848-5), except that here, abo... More

The pedlar and his pack or the Desperate effort, an over balance

A satire on the reverse impact of John Binns's anti-Jackson "coffin handbill" campaign during the presidential race of 1828. Editor-publisher Binns supports on his back a large load of coffins, upon which are ... More

16 to 1 ... the speech that won the nomination ... at the National Dem...

Print shows a bust portrait of William Jennings Bryan and portraits of his family, also illustrations, at the bottom, of a farmer and a blacksmith; includes the complete text of the "Cross of Gold", the speech ... More

Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection

A caustic portrayal of the abolitionist Whigs' manipulation of Winfield Scott during the 1852 campaign. Influential Whigs (left to right) New York "Times" editor Henry J. Raymond, "Tribune" editor Horace Greele... More

Saviours of our country, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and-shoulders portraits of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Grover Cleveland, with the U.S. Capitol in background.

For president, Grover Cleveland of New York. For vice president, Thoma...

Campaign poster showing head-and-shoulders portraits of Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks, surrounded by flags. 18243... U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J.H. Bufford's Sons.

Our country's choice--Democratic nominees

Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of Grover Cleveland, Thomas A. Hendricks, the democratic candidates for president in 1884, also portraits of Jefferson, Washington, and Jackson. P15754 U.S. Copyright Of... More

The Democratic funeral of 1848 - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Foreseeing political death for the Democrats in the election, the artist imagines a funeral of the party's standard-bearers with a procession of the faithful. Democratic senators (left to right) Sam Houston of ... More

Scene in a New Hampshire court.--General Pierce examining a witness. S...

Two humorous incidents supposedly from the life of Franklin Pierce. On the left, a repartee wherein Pierce, the distinguished trial lawyer, is embarrassed by an ignorant witness. Armed with pages of notes, Pie... More

Loco Foco hunters treeing a candidate

A satire on the Democrats' or "Loco Focos'" 1852 pursuit of Franklin Pierce for the presidential nomination. At the foot of the White Mountains in the "Dismal Swamp," an immense, swampy region of North Carolina... More

Presidential campaign, 1864. Candidates for President and Vice-Preside...

Print shows bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln, George B. McClellan, Andrew Johnson, and George H. Pendleton above a map of the United States, with bust portraits of the previous 15 presidents with George Washin... More

Let us have pease, ha, ha - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Cong...

A sheet music cover for a humorous song on the origins of Grant's campaign slogan, "Let Us Have Peace." In actuality, those were the closing words of his letter of May 29, 1868, accepting the Republican presid... More

To the friends of Greeley and Brown

An illustrated cover for a collection of Democratic campaign songs. Liberal Republican presidential candidate Horace Greeley and running mate Benjamin Gratz Brown appear in oval bust portraits framed by ivy. Ab... More

Blundering again! / Gillam., Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon

Print shows a group of Democrats on a log raft that is breaking up within sight of land, with two logs labeled "New Jersey [and] New York" coming loose and drifting away; there is a small sail labeled "Democra[... More

Grover Cleveland, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Grover Cleveland, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Me and Jack" / Gillam after a popular print.

Illustration shows James G. Blaine wearing shorts, sitting on a board extending over a pond with John A. Logan, as a dog, sitting next to him; a can labeled "Pro-Slavery" is tied to the dog's tail and there is ... More

Democratic platform and presidential nominees, Grover Cleveland, A.E. ...

33064 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Beckerman, E. M., cop... More

Puck's presidential impossibility. The political peanut vender / J.S. ...

Print shows a peddler labeled "D.B. Hill" selling "Fresh Roasted (Political) Peanuts", standing outside the gates to the White House, where a sign has been posted that states "Notice! No Peddlers or Suspicious ... More

The rival May parties / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows hopeful presidential candidates dancing around the "Republican Presidential Nomination" maypole, hanging onto ribbons labeled "New York" (Levi P. Morton), "Maine" (Thomas B. Reed), "Indiana" (Benjam... More

The silver-tongued ventriloquist and his dummies / F. Opper.

Print shows a "Silver Mine Owner" as a "silver-tongued ventriloquist" sitting on a box labeled "16 to 1" on a stage, with William Jennings Bryan as a dummy sitting on his lap, holding papers labeled "Free Silve... More

Puck magazine cover - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A magazine with a cartoon of a man and a woman, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington... More

Puck magazine cover - Bryan's thanksgiving / Dalrymple.

Print shows William Jennings Bryan chasing a turkey labeled "Nov. Election"; the tail feathers of the turkey are labeled with the states of the union, Bryan has managed to pull out the one labeled "Nebraska". ... More

Theodore Roosevelt republican candidate for vice-president

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Marshall (William E. and Oscar), copyright claiman... More

Riding him on the big stick The Boss - Say, you're splitting the party...

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt holding one end of "The Big Stick" while a man representing New York in 18th century dress holds the other. Riding astraddle the stick is a man labeled ... More

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

McGovern/Shriver, '72 - Public domain portrait print

Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Campaign print for Horace Greeley], engraving, Library of Congress

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Merinsky.

The Presidential fishing party of 1848

The cartoonist takes a dim view of all but Zachary Taylor's chances for the presidency in his commentary on the election campaign of 1848. The candidates fish from opposing banks of a river filled with fish bea... More

William R. King: democratic candidate for Vice President of the United...

After a daguerreotype by Mathew B. Brady. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7238

A serviceable garment--or reverie of a bachelor

Democratic presidential candidate James Buchanan is depicted as a poor bachelor in his squalid quarters. Though indeed a confirmed bachelor, Buchanan in reality was hardly needy. After serving as American minis... More

George Hunt - McClellan and Pendleton / Oakley & Tompson lith., Boston...

Campaign ephemera for Democratic presidential candidates George B. McClellan and George H. Pendleton, showing head-and-shoulders portrait of George B. McClellan. Copyright by Francis Morandi. .

For president John Bell. For vice president Edward Everett

A bad egg. Fuss and feathers - Political cartoon, public domain image

Whig presidential candidate Winfield Scott is pictured as a fighting cock with human attributes. The cock wears fringed military epaulets, a sword, spurs, and a plumed hat. He is just emerged from an egg marked... More

For president James G. Blaine, of Maine - for vice president John A. L...

Print shows James G. Blaine, bust portrait, facing front, and John A. Logan, bust portrait, facing left, in medallions linked by a ribbon with shield labeled "US" and two branches. P15012 U.S. Copyright Office.... More

The great footrace for the presidential purse (100,000 and picking) ov...

National Union Republican candidates / lith. of Kellogg & Bulkeley, Ha...

Print shows a campaign banner for the 1868 Republican presidential and vice presidential ticket. Presidential nominee Ulysses S. Grant and his running mate, former speaker of the house Schuyler Colfax, are show... More

Our nation's choice--General James Abram Garfield, Republican candidat...

Campaign poster showing head-and-shoulders portraits of James Garfield and Chester A. Arthur, with text and patriotic images including an American eagle and men gathered around flag.

Social qualities of our candidate, Political Cartoon

Reports of his alcoholism haunted Democratic candidate Franklin Pierce during the 1852 campaign. The matter is taken up here with mocking reference to the Maine Liquor Law of 1851, a landmark prohibition measur... More

Desegregate the schools! Vote Socialist Workers : Peter Camejo for pre...

Poster showing school bus. Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection

The political farce of 1876. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Print showing bust portraits of eight men, identified as, clockwise from top, Oliver P. Morton, James A. Garfield, George F. Hoar, William Strong, Joseph P. Bradley, Samuel F. Miller, George F. Edmunds, and Fre... More

The telegraphic candidates - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

In a race between the railroad and the telegraph the "telegraphic candidates," Lewis Cass and William O. Butler, are first to the White House. The artist ridicules Zachary Taylor for his hazy stance on major ca... More

A little game of bagatelle, between Old Abe the rail splitter & Little...

The contest for the presidency in 1864 is depicted as a game of bagatelle (a game similar to pool) between Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln and Democrat George B. McClellan. Lincoln (left) holds a cue "Bal... More

The gunboat candidate at the Battle of Malvern Hill

Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McClellan is lampooned as an incompetent military leader. He sits in a saddle mounted on the boom of the Union ironclad vessel "Galena." The print recalls two p... More

of 6

library of congress

political campaigns

elections

politics and government

political cartoons

vintage images

19th century

presidential elections, prints