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
![[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTMvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLTFmMjE1Ni0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/41/webp "[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph")
[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph
Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing left (Anthony Berger photo Feb. 9, 1864); metal casing. (PR 17 CN 541.7) Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tinty... 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
Ulysses S. Grant, the nation's choice, its leader in war, its guardian...
After drawing by D.T. Ames & Co. Copyright by William Miller. Public domain photograph related to President Ulysses Grant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
It is only a truce to regain power ("playing possum") / Th. Nast.
Horace Greeley with "C.S." (Carl Schurz?) coaxing an Afro-American to shake hands with two men, one wearing hat labeled "Ku Klux Klan" and one wearing hat labeled "Tammany," who are hiding weapons behind their ... More
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
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
Put 'em on ice! / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows Uncle Sam putting politicians, newspaper editors, and others on "Ice" in an icehouse to keep them cool until campaign time for the presidential election. Among those depicted are Ulysses S. G... More
"A sail! A sail!!" / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows a woman labeled "Dem. Party" on the rocky coast of a deserted island, nearby is an empty jug labeled "Bourbonism the Only Subsistence for 16 Years (1860-76)" and a broken cask labeled "For 8 ... More
The bogus workingman and his lonsome boom / F. Opper.
Illustration shows Benjamin F. Butler as a laborer standing next to a box of tools labeled "Tools for Exhibition Purposes", telling his valet, labeled "Butler's Valet" to "keep an eye on the valuables", at whos... More
The Humors of the presidential campaign in New York City. A political ...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1888 Oct. 27, p. 172.
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.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvY294ZXlzLXBhdGVybmFsaXNtLWNqLXRheWxvci0wZjk1MzYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "Coxey'[s ... patern]alism\" / C.J. Taylor.")
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
Old time presidential campaign - Drawing. Public domain image.
Public domain photograph of a book page with illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Impudence / Ehrhart. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan offering his small, ineffective umbrella labeled "16 to 1," "Anti-trust," and "Anti-Expansion," to a woman labeled "Columbia" who is carrying a more effective umbrella ... More
A hint to the Democratic convention / Keppler.
Illustration showing Puck holding an artist's palette and brushes, with a box of paints at his feet, gesturing toward a portarit of Richard Olney, labeled "Straight Democracy." Caption: Puck Here is an able D... More
Picking his way / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows the Republican elephant labeled "Republican Party" walking on stilts labeled "Senate" and "House" on a path covered with eggs labeled "Monopoly, High Tariff Excuses, 'Bad Trusts', Labor Quest... More
For President Teddy the rough rider, his policy equal rights for all
J11488 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Transformed / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows an old woman labeled "Miss Democracy" riding on the Democratic donkey along a dirt road labeled "Political Pike"; there is a banner labeled "S and S" (Safe and Sane) hanging from the donkey's... More
A wolf from Wolfert's Roost / Keppler.
Illustration shows Alton B. Parker(?) as a wolf wearing a sheep skin labeled "Parker Boom" standing on a bluff overlooking a herd of sheep labeled "Democratic Patronage". Illus. in: Puck, v. 55, no. 1420 (1904... More
Puck magazine cover - Theodore Roosevelt - Time! / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt and Alton B. Parker as boxers in a boxing ring, shaking hands before the start of the match; Uncle Sam, as the referee, stands in the background. Illus. in: Puck... More
The retirement of David / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows David B. Hill as a farm wife feeding chickens, geese, and pigs, with several vignette scenes showing Hill working the farm, shopping, and pontificating to a group of hayseed farmers; the fina... More
"I've got a permit" / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows William H. Taft sitting on the shore of a small fishing hole labeled "Nomination Pool", holding a fishing pole, he has a jug of "White House Apple Jack" next to him; a sign on the right state... More
"I wonder if I am his valentine" / Kep.
Illustration shows Charles W. Fairbanks as an old woman sitting in a rocking chair in front of a fireplace, holding a portrait of the Republican Elephant; he is wearing a pair of shoes labeled "Nomination Sneak... More
The lost child / Ehrhart. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows six policemen labeled "Chafin, Taft, Debs, Watson, Hisgen, [and] Bryan" gathering around a young boy labeled "Reactionary Voter" standing on "Radical Ave.", who appears confused by all the po... More
The return of the scouts / Keppler.
Illustration shows Moses C. Wetmore and Norman E. Mack carrying a shoulder pole labeled "For Contributions" from which hangs a tiny bag, they explain to William Jennings Bryan, as Moses, seated with Henry Watte... More
E. McCall - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows Edward Everett McCall (1863-1924), Justice of the Supreme Court of New York who ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic (Tammany) candidate for Mayor of New York City in 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons p... More
![[The "sic-transit" gown, for a presidential candidate (should he contemplate "retiring from the world")]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDQvdGhlLXNpYy10cmFuc2l0LWdvd24tZm9yLWEtcHJlc2lkZW50aWFsLWNhbmRpZGF0ZS1zaG91bGQtaGUtY29udGVtcGxhdGUtcmV0aXJpbmctYzlmMWVlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "[The \"sic-transit\" gown, for a presidential candidate (should he contemplate \"retiring from the world\")]")
[The "sic-transit" gown, for a presidential candidate (should he conte...
Caricature of former President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), dressed in a nun's habit and kneeling before an altar. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower left: -O.C.-. Title from Life. Beque... More
"And the waters were divided" / Kep.
Illustration shows Woodrow Wilson, as Moses, standing on a rock with left arm raised, at the parting of the seas labeled "Republican Split" through which a horde of Democrats labeled "Marshall, M'Combs, Bryan, ... More
The trusts - the tariff - the nigger in the woodpile / J. Norman Lynd.
Illustration shows Woodrow Wilson pulling a leg labeled "The Tariff" that is caught in a woodpile labeled "The Trusts". The Democratic donkey observes from the far end of the woodpile. Title transcribed from it... More
Part of the Vast Billboard Campaign of the Woman's Party. Putting up b...
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of unidentified woman putting up billboard with bucket and broom. Billboard reads: "'Women of Colorado, you have the vote. Get it for women of the nation by voti... More
Warren G. Harding - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mr. & Mrs. Warren G. Harding - Public domain portrait photograph
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National P... More
![R.B. Creager, Mrs. Harding, Mr. H[arding], F.E. Scobey](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvcmItY3JlYWdlci1tcnMtaGFyZGluZy1tci1oYXJkaW5nLWZlLXNjb2JleS0xLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "R.B. Creager, Mrs. Harding, Mr. H[arding], F.E. Scobey")
R.B. Creager, Mrs. Harding, Mr. H[arding], F.E. Scobey
A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[James Cox at Union Station with Frederica Bareen]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvamFtZXMtY294LWF0LXVuaW9uLXN0YXRpb24td2l0aC1mcmVkZXJpY2EtYmFyZWVuLTEwMjQuanBn/40/56/webp "[James Cox at Union Station with Frederica Bareen]")
[James Cox at Union Station with Frederica Bareen]
Cox extending hand to woman & child surrounded by crowd during presidential campaign.
Warren G. Harding - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from caption list. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Compan... More
Radio equipment used on automobiles during the campaign
President Coolidge, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, with his right hand on piece of radio equipment on automobile. National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 2, p. 12, no. 31890.
Jenness for President, vote Socialist Workers
Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Democratic National Convention, Miami Beach, Fla., 3rd session Shirley...
Photograph shows Shirley Chisholm speaking at microphone. Title from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 26274, frame 22. Forms part of: U.S. News... More
Campaign for 16th Pennsylvania - U.S. Presidential Elections
Caption for frame no. 15A: Democratic candidate James G. Blaine responds to a question during a League of Women Voters of Lancaster County debate at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa. Republican cand... More
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 constitutional amendment!. Book illustration from Library of Congr...
One of a number of highly racist posters issued as part of a smear campaign against Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial nominee John White Geary by supporters of Democratic candidate Hiester Clymer. (See also... More
![[Proof for an American flag campaign banner for John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTMvcHJvb2YtZm9yLWFuLWFtZXJpY2FuLWZsYWctY2FtcGFpZ24tYmFubmVyLWZvci1qb2huLWMtYnJlY2tpbnJpZGdlLWFuZC1qb3NlcGgtODI2OTM5LTEwMjQuanBn/40/26/webp "[Proof for an American flag campaign banner for John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane]")
[Proof for an American flag campaign banner for John C. Breckinridge a...
A proof specimen on paper for a campaign banner for Southern Democratic presidential candidate John C. Breckinridge. The banner consists of an American flag pattern printed in reverse. It was probably intended ... 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
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
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
On his knees again : Agamemnon begging Achilles for help in the fray
Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
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
Abraham Lincoln - Hannibal Hamlin. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Political campaign button for 1860 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln on one side and bust portrait of Hannibal Hamlin on the other side; metal casing with ornamental vine border and... 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
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
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
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
Lincoln Home Site, Shutt House, Edwards & Eighth Streets, Springfield,...
Significance: From 1836 to 1849, the property belonged to Ninian Edwards, who resided in another part of Springfield. He was married to Mary Todd Lincoln's sister, Elizabeth Todd Edwards. On November 4, 1842, A... More
Lincoln Home Site, Shutt House, Edwards & Eighth Streets, Springfield,...
Significance: From 1836 to 1849, the property belonged to Ninian Edwards, who resided in another part of Springfield. He was married to Mary Todd Lincoln's sister, Elizabeth Todd Edwards. On November 4, 1842, A... More
Genl. Franklin Pierce, democratic candidate for the presidency
Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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 Honr. William H. English in ovals, surrounded by patriotic motifs]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvaGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0cy1vZi1nZW4td2luZmllbGQtc2NvdHQtaGFuY29jay1hbmQtaG9uci13aWxsaWFtLTZlOGEyMC02NDAuanBn/40/35/webp "[Head-and-shoulders portraits of General Winfield Scott Hancock and Honr. William H. English in ovals, surrounded by patriotic motifs]")
[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
![[Presidential campaign button with portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDQvcHJlc2lkZW50aWFsLWNhbXBhaWduLWJ1dHRvbi13aXRoLXBvcnRyYWl0cy1vZi1hYnJhaGFtLWxpbmNvbG4tYW5kLWhhbm5pYmFsLWRhZTAzMC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/45/webp "[Presidential campaign button with portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin]")
[Presidential campaign button with portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Ha...
Political campaign button for Abraham Lincoln's first (1860) U.S. presidential campaign. Includes a bust portrait of Lincoln on one side and a bust portrait of vice presidential nominee Hannibal Hamlin on the o... More
Swallowed! / J.S. Pughe. - Victorian era public domain image
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as a large snake labeled "Populist Party" entwined around a donkey labeled "Democratic Party" and about to swallow it. Illus. in: Puck, v. 47, no. 1218 (1900 July 11),... More
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
James Buchanan, Democratic candidate for President of the United State...
Proof for a large woodcut campaign poster or banner for Democratic presidential nominee James Buchanan. A bust-length portrait of Buchanan (apparently taken from Mathew Brady's 1854 daguerreotype portrait) is f... More
![Jinnoowine [i.e. "genuine"] Johnson ticket. "Carrying the war into Africa"](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzYvMDEvMDEvamlubm9vd2luZS1pZS1nZW51aW5lLWpvaG5zb24tdGlja2V0LWNhcnJ5aW5nLXRoZS13YXItaW50by1hZnJpY2EtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/110/webp "Jinnoowine [i.e. \"genuine\"] Johnson ticket. \"Carrying the war into Africa\"")
Jinnoowine [i.e. "genuine"] Johnson ticket. "Carrying the war into Afr...
An illustrated election ticket for the presidential campaign of 1836. Oddly, the ticket lists Ohio's Democratic electors for Van Buren while making a vicious and obscene slur on the wife of his running-mate Ri... More
The trap sprung! The kinderhook fox caught!
A parody of Democratic efforts to reelect incumbent Martin Van Buren in the face of broad popular support for Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. The print is a crude woodcut evidently based on Napoleon Saro... More
![[Henry Clay, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, facing front, seated, holding cane, tall hat on table with tablecloth]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjQvaGVucnktY2xheS10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVyLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVycy10by10aGUtbGVmdC1mYWNpbmctNzU2ZTFiLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[Henry Clay, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, facing front, seated, holding cane, tall hat on table with tablecloth]")
[Henry Clay, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left...
Republican Senator from Kentucky, 1806-1807, 1810-1811; Congressman, 1811-1814, 1815-1821, 1823-1825; U.S. Secretary of State, 1825-1829; Whig Senator, 1831-1842, 1849-1852; Democratic Republican candidate for ... More
The masked battery or Loco-Foco strategy
Another commentary on the Texas question (see "Texas Coming In," no. 1844-28), illustrating Democratic campaign strategy as advanced by Andrew Jackson. The idea of the annexation of Texas, repudiated by many of... More
A correct chart of Salt River - Public domain book illustration
"Salt River," the fictitious river of political doom, is charted here as a meandering stream of Democratic misfortunes. The chart was purportedly "prepared by Father Ritchie," i.e., Democratic editor and Polk a... 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
![[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, looking right, May 20,1860]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWNhbmRpZGF0ZS1mb3ItdXMtcHJlc2lkZW50LWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWxvb2tpbmctcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/64/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, looking right, May 20,1860]")
[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, ...
Photo shows presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, two days after he won his party's nomination. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 42-3.) Title devised by Library staff Previously attributed to W... 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
A. Lincoln, Tinytype - Public domain portrait print
Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing left (Anthony Berger photo Feb. 9, 1864); metal casing with text "Pat. Apr. 2, 1861" and stars encirclin... More
Leaders of the Democratic Party, Confederate States of America.
A searing, election-year indictment of four prominent figures in the Democratic party, three of them former Confederate officers. Former New York governor and Democratic presidential nominee Horatio Seymour is... More
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Persuasive nymphs trying to lure the coy faun into the presidential wa...
Print shows Thomas A. Hendricks, Abram S. Hewitt, Charles A. Dana, and Henry Watterson as nymphs in women's clothing attempting to coax Samuel J. Tilden as a faun into water labeled "Presidential Waters"; alrea... More
Still waiting / F. Opper. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows several men with brooms and shovels locked outside a fence with a large, spiked gate labeled "Civil Service Reform", among them are Thomas F. Bayard, Samuel J. Tilden, Henry Watterson, Charles A. Da... More
The recruiting-sergeant and the tough subject / Gillam.
Illustration shows Benjamin F. Butler as a "Recruiting-Sergeant" holding a paper that states "Join the Butler Army OH! - Victory and Spoils in 1884", appealing to a man sitting on a chair, holding a "Southern V... More
The receiving-vault of the Republican politicians who defied public mo...
Illustration shows a procession carrying an embalmed James G. Blaine to place among other embalmed Republicans in an Egyptian tomb; among those previously embalmed are Thomas C. Platt, Stephen W. Dorsey, Thomas... More
A flag the Independents will fight under / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows the Puck figure for the "Independent" party standing on a raised platform, hoisting a flag that states "For President G. Cleveland" showing a portrait of Grover Cleveland, and a female figure... More
Out of a job once more! / F. Graetz.
Illustration shows the entrance to the "Republican Headquarter" with a foot extending out the door, having given the boot to a barrel dressed as a cleric labeled "Clerical Slanders", a bag labeled "British Gold... More
We claim everything - me & Jack / Gillam.
Illustration shows the tattooed legs and bottom of James G. Blaine and the tail of a dog labeled "We Claim Everything - Me & Jack" in a lake next to a bar of soap labeled "Hurrah Soap - to Remove Tattoo"; they ... More
Caricature, The dear creatures / F.M.H., public domain cartoon image
Print shows an old woman sitting on a bench, holding a purse labeled "G.O.P.", with Benjanim Harrison on the left and William McKinley on the right, vying for her attentions. Caption: Old Party (coyly) Oh! yo... More
Among the silent ones / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows Uncle Sam holding a paper labeled "Political Guide" and riding on a camel being led by Puck through the "City of Silence", past several silent sphinxes labeled "Tom Reed, Allison, McKinley, Morton, ... More