Description: This pro-Garfield illustration depicts presidential candidate James Garfield as a farmer cutting down grass and snakes with a scythe on his way towards the White House. The scythe is labeled "Honesty, Ability and Patriotism," while the evils he is cutting down are symbolized as snakes labeled "Malice," "Defamation," "Hatred," "Venom" and "Fraud." Beneath his feet are two snakes named "Calumny" and "Falsehood." The cartoon is captioned "Farmer Garfield Cutting a Swath to the White House," and was published by Currier and Ives in 1880. Born in Orange, Ohio, Garfield spent time teaching at Hiram College and attained the rank of major general in the Civil War. He served nine consecutive terms in the House of Representatives before he was elected President of the United States in 1880, but served for only four months before he was shot by Charles J. Guiteau while waiting for a train in Washington, DC. Garfield lived for two more months, before dying on September 19, 1881. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04094
Subjects: Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential campaigns; Assassinations
 

Description: Photograph of Dr. George B. Todd, measuring 4 1/4"x6" and labelled "Dr. Geo B. Todd U.S.N." Todd was an eyewitness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865. As a naval surgeon, he was also one of the surgeons to perform the autopsy on presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F01_004
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works; Presidents--Death and burial; Assassinations
 

Description: This is an 1896 presidential campaign poster for William McKinley which reads "The lockout is ended: he holds the key." McKinley was a successful state representative and governor of Ohio who gained the presidential nomination in 1896 and defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan. As president, he oversaw an American victory in the Spanish-American War and relative economic prosperity. Soon after he was re-elected to a second term, President McKinley was assassinated while touring in Buffalo, NY. He was the second Ohio president to be assassinated and the third to not finish his term. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4827
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Political posters; Presidential campaigns; Assassinations
Places: Niles (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: This illustration depicts the moments immediately following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The scene has a caption underneath, which reads: "THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AT FORD'S THEATRE -- AFTER THE ACT." The image shows John Wilkes Booth running across the stage as the panicked theatre crowd gestures towards him. Lincoln is shown hunched over in a theatre box directly above the stage. The original image appeared in "Illustrated life, services, martyrdom, and funeral of Abraham Lincoln," published circa 1865 by T.B. Peterson & Brothers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04262
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Presidents--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Assassinations
Places: Washington D.C.
 

Description: Front page of the Columbus Dispatch announcing the death of President William McKinley, September 14, 1901. Just six months after his inauguration for a second term as president, McKinley was visiting the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, on September 1, 1901, when he was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz during a public reception. Though he initially appeared to be recovering well, his health took a turn for the worse and he succumbed to his injuries in the early morning hours of September 14th. His death meant the third successful presidential assassination in our country’s history, and the second for a president from Ohio. In the wake of McKinley's assassination, memorials to the fallen president abounded, including the creation of the McKinley Memorial in Canton, Ohio, completed in 1907. Two of his lasting contributions include far more vigilant security for U.S. presidents over the past century, and the selection of the red carnation as Ohio’s state flower in 1904. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P245_B01F19_001
Subjects: McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Presidents--Death and burial; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Assassinations; Newspapers
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Buffalo (New York);
 

Description: Carte de visite of the catafalque (raised platform) on which Abraham Lincoln's casket was placed in the rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, on April 29, 1865. There is a 2-cent tax stamp on the back of the card. On Saturday, April 29, 1865, Lincoln's funeral train arrived in Columbus at 7:30 A.M. Lincoln's casket was taken to the Ohio Statehouse where he laid in state in the rotunda. The Statehouse was draped in black crepe for the occasion. Thousands of visitors came throughout the day to honor the fallen President. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05161
Subjects: Presidents--United States; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death and burial; Statehouse--Ohio; Assassinations
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of the train car that carried the body of Abraham Lincoln from Washington, D.C., to Springfield, Illinois, in April 1865. The funeral train generally followed the route that Lincoln took when he traveled to Washington as President-elect in 1861. On Saturday, April 29, 1865, Lincoln's funeral train arrived in Columbus at 7:30 A.M. Lincoln's casket was taken to the Ohio Statehouse where he laid in state in the rotunda. The Statehouse was draped in black crepe for the occasion. Thousands of visitors came throughout the day to honor the fallen President. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05162
Subjects: Presidents--United States; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death and burial; Assassinations
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of the funeral obsequies of Abraham Lincoln in Columbus, Ohio, April 29, 1865. Lincoln's body began the trip from Washington D. C. back to his hometown of Springfield, Illinois, on April 21, 1865. The funeral train generally followed the route that Lincoln took when he traveled to Washington as President-elect in 1861. On Saturday, April 29, 1865, the train arrived in Columbus at 7:30 A.M. Lincoln's casket was taken to the Ohio Statehouse where he laid in state in the rotunda. The Statehouse was draped in black crepe for the occasion. Thousands of visitors came throughout the day to honor the fallen President. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05163
Subjects: Horse-drawn vehicles--Ohio; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death and burial; Assassinations
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: People waiting in line on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse to pay their respects to President Abraham Lincoln, Columbus, Ohio, April 29, 1865. Lincoln's body began the trip from Washington D. C. back to his hometown of Springfield, Illinois, on April 21, 1865. The funeral train generally followed the route that Lincoln took when he traveled to Washington as President-elect in 1861. On Saturday, April 29, 1865, the train arrived in Columbus at 7:30 A.M. Lincoln's casket was taken to the Ohio Statehouse where he laid in state in the rotunda. The Statehouse was draped in black crepe for the occasion. Thousands of visitors came throughout the day to honor the fallen President. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05164
Subjects: Horse-drawn vehicles--Ohio; Presidents--United States; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death and burial; Statehouse--Ohio; Assassinations
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)