Karl H. Hoenig portrait   Save
Republican Glee Club Collection, 1872-2005
Description: This photograph shows director of the Republican Glee Club Karl H. Hoenig. He also served as director of The Ohio State Univeristy Men's Glee Club from 1919-1928. The Republican Glee Club formed in Columbus, Ohio, when a group of men who enjoyed singing formed a group to campaign for presidential candidate Ulysses S. Grant in the 1872 presidential election against Horace Greeley. The group of singers originally called themselves the Grant and Wilson Glee Club, always changing their name to support the candidate the group was endorsing. By 1885, the Glee Club supported state and local races too, and in 1895 permanently changed the club's name to the Republican Glee Club. The Republican Glee Club Collection includes sheet music and songbooks, organizational records, historical information, event programs, and photographs. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1441AV_B13_F07
Subjects: Republican Glee Club; Republican Party; Political campaigns; Political clubs; Portrait photography; Choirs (Music)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)