Description: This engraved images is a portrait of General Francis Bates Pond (1825-1883), a Republican state legislator and Ohio attorney general. Pond was born in Jefferson County, New York, and came to Ohio in 1841 to attend Oberlin College. He graduated with honors in 1846 and spent the next three years in Kent, Ohio, working as a teacher and a bookkeeper. In 1850 he moved to Harmar, Ohio, and taught classics at Harmar Academy. He studied law and was admitted to the bar 1852 at Malta, Ohio. Three years later was elected prosecuting attorney of Morgan County. In 1861 he enlisted in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In 1864 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel with the newly formed 62nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In August 1864 he was wounded at the Battle of Deep River and lost vision in one eye. He resigned his commission in November 1864 due to ill health. He was made brigadier general by brevet in 1864. After returning to Ohio, Pond resumed his law practice and political career. In 1867 he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, where he served one term. In 1869 he was elected Ohio’s attorney general and served two terms. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1873. In 1879 Pond was elected to the Ohio Senate and served two terms. While a state senator he introduced the so-called "Pond Bill," which created a tax on intoxicating liquors in order to restrict buying and selling of the products. Pond died November 2, 1883, at his home in Malta, Ohio. His death was linked to the wound he received during the Civil War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05988
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Republican Party; Lawyers
 

Description: Photograph showing Congressman Gilligan with Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey. The photograph includes an autograph. John Gilligan was born on March 22, 1921, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Notre Dame in 1943, and he then enlisted in the United States Navy, serving for the duration of World War II. Upon returning to the United States, Gilligan enrolled at the University of Cincinnati, graduating in 1947. Upon graduating from the University of Cincinnati, Gilligan taught literature courses at Xavier University. In 1953, he embarked upon a career in politics, winning election to the Cincinnati City Council as a member of the Democratic Party. Gilligan served on the council from 1953 to 1963. In 1964, Gilligan won election to the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 1st District. He only served one term (1965-1967). He lost his reelection bid because the Republican-controlled state legislature redrew his district, placing a much larger number of Republicans in it. In 1968, Gilligan unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate. Undaunted after these two defeats, Gilligan remained active in politics, winning election to the Ohio governor's office in 1970. During Gilligan's administration, Ohio adopted a graduated state income tax to overcome budget shortfalls. Gilligan also saw the implementation of the state lottery during his time in office, although he opposed this measure. In 1973, the state legislature and the governor concurred to lower the voting age to eighteen years, and Gilligan also secured funding to improve Ohio's transportation infrastructure. The governor sought reelection in 1974, but he lost to former governor James Rhodes. Upon leaving the governor's office, Gilligan served as the director of the United States Agency for International Development from 1977 to 1979. He also taught at several universities, including the University of Notre Dame. In 1999, he returned to politics, winning election to the Cincinnati, Ohio, School Board. Interestingly, Gilligan's daughter, Kathleen Sebelius, serves as the governor of Kansas. Gilligan and Sebelius are the only father and daughter to be elected as state governors. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08023
Subjects: Governors; Politicians; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Gilligan, John Joyce, 1921-;
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of Orvil Grant, brother of Civil War General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant. Photograph was taken by James Pressley Ball, an African American photographer working in Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1862-1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07700
Subjects: Grant Family; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of Jesse R. Grant, the father of Civil War General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant, taken at the Ministerial Portrait Gallery in New York. Jesse Grant was a tanner and businessman in Point Pleasant, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07701
Subjects: Grant Family; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century;
Places: New York City (New York)
 

Description: This cabin was the birthplace of Civil War general and United States President Ulysses S. Grant. It was originally built in Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, but after the Civil War made an extensive tour of the United States on a railroad flatcar. It was then displayed at the Ohio State fairgrounds in Columbus and returned to Point Pleasant in 1936. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07702
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century; Houses
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a postcard with the slogan "The Nation's Choice" from the 1908 Presidential campaign of William Howard Taft. His running mate was James S. Sherman. Taft was the twenty-seventh President, serving from 1909-1913. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03586
Subjects: Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Ohio History
 

Description: This is a portrait of William Howard Taft from Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the twenty-seventh President, serving from 1909-1913. William Howard Taft was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 15, 1857 and died on March 8, 1930 in Washington, D. C. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02660
Subjects: Hamilton County (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Ohio History
 

Description: Future President William Howard Taft descending from the speaker's platform on Taft Day in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1908. Taft was the twenty-seventh President, serving from 1909-1913. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00576
Subjects: Hamilton County (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Ohio History
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: President William Howard Taft, Helen Taft, and their three children seated on the front steps in 1909. Taft was the twenty-seventh President, serving from 1909-1913. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00578
Subjects: Children of presidents--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Ohio History
 

Description: Roxie Chambers and members of the Buckeye Women's Republican Glee Club, ca. 1940-1950. A singer and director of the South Methodist Church choir in Columbus, Chambers also directed the Buckeye Women's Republican Glee Club. Attending all the G.O.P. national conventions between 1932 and 1954, Chambers later became Republican State Central Committeewoman. When Chambers died in 1954, her pallbearers included Chalmers Wylie, James Rhodes, and other Republican dignitaries. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06310
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Women--Ohio--History; Women in the performing arts; Women--Societies and clubs--Ohio; Older women
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: William McKinley's flag draped casket being carried into the Stark County Courthouse in Canton, Ohio, 1901. This is a modern photographic print made from the original glass plate negative in the Courtney Studio Collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01081
Subjects: Presidents--Death and burial; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Ohio History
Places: Canton (Ohio)
 

Description: A parade of suffragists campaigning for women's right to vote in Columbus, Ohio, July 30, 1914. Ohio ratified the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution extending the right of suffrage to women on June 16, 1919. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00706
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Suffrage -- Ohio; Social movements; Activism
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)