Description: Campaign poster from the 1920 presidential election that reproduces an illustration of Warren G. Harding, the Republican Presidential candidate, standing under the United States flag, while James M. Cox, the Democratic Presidential candidate, raises the flag of the League of Nations. The poster is meant to portray Harding as the candidate who is concerned with the best interest of the United States, evidenced by his "America First" platform. Created on January 15, 1919, as part of the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I, the League of Nations was an intergovernmental group founded primarily to maintain world peace. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05196
Subjects: Presidents--Election; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential campaigns
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Print depicting William Henry Harrison standing before a log cabin with the caption "General Harrison, the true friend of the people." Harrison was the Whig candidate for President in 1840 and his running mate was John Tyler. Their campaign slogan "Old Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" referred to Harrison's defeat of the Shawnee chief, Tecumseh, at Tippecanoe Creek in 1811. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06240
Subjects: Presidents--Election; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential campaigns; Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
Places: North Bend (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: "The Tail End of the Republican Presidential Procession" cartoon depicting Benjamin Harrison, drawn by Frederick Opper and published in Puck Magazine, August 22, 1888. The cartoon shows Harrison parading as "The Greatest Living Statesman," and carrying "Free whiskey for the promotion of Temperance and morality." Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoons, caricatures and political satire of the issues of the day. It was published from 1871 until 1918. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04091
Subjects: Presidents--Election; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Cartoonists; Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901
 

Description: Photograph of Warren G. Harding addressing supporters from the back of a train during the 1920 presidential campaign. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02801
Subjects: Presidents--Election; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential campaigns; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923
 

Description: William McKinley speaking to a crowd of visitors from the front porch of his home in Canton, Ohio during the 1896 presidential campaign. McKinley became the twenty-fifth President, serving from 1897-1901. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00246
Subjects: Presidents--Election; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential campaigns; McKinley, William, 1843-1901
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Harry M. Daugherty and Warren G. Harding at Harding's home in Marion, Ohio during the 1920 presidential campaign. He served as a campaign adviser to Harding. After Harding was elected he appointed Daugherty Attorney General, a cabinet post that Daugherty held from 1921-1924. He resigned amid charges that he was involved in a conspiracy to defraud the government known as the Teapot Dome scandal. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01005
Subjects: Presidents--Election; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: Marion (Ohio)
 

Description: This campaign poster was published by Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie, the Democratic candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States in 1968. Centered is a large black-and-white image of Humphrey, on the left, and Muskie, on the right, waving to a crowd. Large blue text at the bottom simply reads "HUMPHREY-MUSKIE", bordered by one blue star at each side. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05181
Subjects: Presidents--Election; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential elections; Elections; Political elections; Campaign paraphernalia
Places: Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: Campaign poster for Alabama Governor George Wallace who ran for United States President on the American Independent Party ticket in 1968. The top of the poster is a red background with the word "WIN" in white text, followed by a white stripe with "WITH" in blue text. The bottom third of the poster is a navy blue background with "WALLACE" in white text. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05182
Subjects: Presidents--Election; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Campaign paraphernalia; Presidential elections; Elections
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Political poster featuring Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax, promoting a mass meeting at Greenville, Ohio, September 10, 1868. Grant and Colfax were running as the Republican candidates for President and Vice President of the United States. The poster reads: GRANT & COLFAX GRAND UNION MASS MEETING At GREENVILLE, OHIO ON THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1868, ON WHICH OCCASION GEN'L B. F. BUTLER, HON. SAM. GALLOWAY, HON. W. LAWRENCE, HON. F. HASSAUREK, HON. WH. H. WEST, AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS WILL ADDRESS THE MEETING. A GRAND DISPLAY OF FIRE WORKS IN THE EVENING. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03869
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Presidents--Election; Ohio--Politics and government
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: Senator Bob Taft standing next to Republican party worker Martha Wheatcraft and other supporters at a presidential campaign rally, 1950. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00035
Subjects: Presidents--Election; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Theodore Burton (1851-1929) was born in Jefferson, Ohio, on December 20, 1851, and graduated from Oberlin College in 1872. He began his political career in 1889 after being elected as a Representative and years later as a Senator from Ohio. Throughout his life he had interrupted spells in the US House of Representative and Senate. In 1916, he was a candidate for Republican nomination for president. In 1922, President Warren G. Harding appointed Burton to represent the United States at the World War Debt Funding Commission, and Burton served as the head of the American delegation at the Geneva Conference in 1925. He died in Washington, DC, on October 28, 1929. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04089
Subjects: Presidents--Election; Other--Federal Government; Cleveland (Ohio); Oberlin College; Politicians
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)