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; American presidential elections; Elections; Political elections; Campaign posters
Places: Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: Campaign literature from the Republican State Committee and Western Newspaper Union for the 1920 election. Includes information on Governor James Cox and gubernatorial candidate Harry L. Davis and senate candidate Frank B. Willis. Davis was elected governor of Ohio in 1920, and Willis was elected U.S. Senator, although Cox lost his bid for president to Warren G. Harding. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS_5142
Subjects: Ohio Government; Presidents and Politics; Governors; Political elections; Political parties
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph showing Frank J. Lausche with an unidentified man. The photograph was taken at a poltiical campaign supporting Lausche for the senate seat. Frank J. Lausche was governor of Ohio from 1945 to 1947, and again from 1949 to 1957. He was later defeated by John J. Gilligan for the senate seat in 1968. In addition to his gubernatorial career, Lausche serves as mayor of Cleveland, and as a U.S. Senator from Ohio for two terms. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS341AV_B288_F05_01_01
Subjects: Lausche, Frank J. (Frank John), 1895-; Governors; Political elections; Political campaigns; Politicians; Gilligan, John Joyce, 1921-;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This September 28, 1912, cover of Harper's Weekly magazine refers to the ongoing 1912 presidential election. The cartoon likens the presidential election to the judging of vegetables at an agricultural fair. The three pumpkins are the three candidates and the judges are the voters. The three candidates in this election were Democrat Woodrow Wilson, Republican William Howard Taft, and the former Republican Theodore Roosevelt who was running as the candidate of the Bull Moose Party. Wilson won this election and the 1916 election, serving as president 1913-1921. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: CA5_F01_01
Subjects: Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924; Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Presidential campaigns; Presidential elections; Political cartoons
 

Description: This graphic of a map of Ohio shows the Senatorial Districts as of 1936. This was created by the Ohio Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F02_031
Subjects: Books; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project; Maps; Political elections;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Campaign poster urging Ohio voters to reject State Issues 2, 3 and 5 in an upcoming election. It reads, "State Issues 2, 3, 5 will cost you higher taxes. Vote NO! Issues 2, 3, 5." The poster also describes the three issues, which relate to industry incentives, transportation, and capital improvements. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS_0719
Subjects: Ohio Government; Political culture--Ohio--History; Political elections; Voting
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This image shows the Union State Ticket for Ohio, ca. 1863. Beneath a printed eagle and the title text, the names and offices of the men on the Union State ticket are listed: Governor John Brough; Lieutenant Governor Charles Anderson; Judge of Supreme Court Hocking H. Hunter; Auditor of State James H. Godman; Treasurer of State G. Volney Dorsey; Board of Public Works John M. Barrere. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04305
Subjects: Governors--Election; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Governors--Ohio; Political elections
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This cartoon shows Warren G. Harding, Republican candidate for president in 1920, wooing a woman representing the Southern state of Tennessee while his Democratic opponent, James M. Cox, looks on in dismay. Since the end of the Civil War, the South had been solidly behind the Democratic party. In the South, the Republicans were disliked as the party of Lincoln, the party that freed the slaves. In the 1920 election, which Harding won in a landslide, Cox carried all of the Southern states with the exception of Tennessee, which went for Harding. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: CA3_F02_01
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865‐1923; Presidential campaigns; Presidential elections; Political cartoons;
 

Description: Photograph showing John J. Gilligan surrounded by his family and political supporters at his inauguration as governor of Ohio, 1971. Seated next to Gilligan (far right) is his wife Mary Kathryn, and his children Kathleen, John, Ellen and Donald stand in the back row. Gilligan started his political career in 1953 when he campaigned and won a seat in the Cincinnati City Council. Later, Gilligan ran for the United States House of Representatives and served for one term. However, he was not re-elected and suffered two more political defeats in running for the United States Senate. Despite these failed endeavors, Gilligan won the office of Governor of Ohio in 1971. He served as governor until 1975. Gilligan's governorship is remembered for several successes, such as the beginning of the state lottery, the graduated state income tax, the voting age lowered to eighteen, and an improved transportation infrastructure. After his term, Gilligan focused his political efforts towards international development and also taught at the collegiate level. Influenced by her father's political career and ambitions, Gilligan's daughter Kathleen (Gilligan) Sebelius served as governor of Kansas from 2003 until 2009. Under President Barack Obama, she was appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services. On the front-right corner of the photograph, there is a brand label that reads: "Photo|Paul Beck|Photo." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV155_B01_F19_03
Subjects: Governors; Inaugurations--Governors--Ohio; Gilligan, John Joyce, 1921-; Political elections
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Printed in 19‌14 in Columbus, Ohio, by Allied Printing Trades Council, this poster urges Ohioans to vote a dry ballot. The text reads "This Home Will Help Make Ohio 'Dry,' Will YOU?" and shows a young boy carrying the American flag. In the lower left corner is a sample ballot with proposed constitutional amendments listed and the appropriate vote marked. Ohio played an important role in the Temperance and Prohibition movements in America from their beginnings in the late 19th century with the formation of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1874 and the Ohio Anti-Saloon League in Oberlin, Ohio, in 1893. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4727
Subjects: Prohibition; Propaganda; Presidential elections; Political posters
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing John Gilligan standing with an unidentified man at a political rally. John Gilligan started his political career in 1953 when he campaigned and won a seat in the Cincinnati City Council. Later, Gilligan ran for the United States House of Representatives and served for one term. However, he was not re-elected and suffered two more political defeats in running for the United States Senate. Despite these failed campaigns, Gilligan won the office of Governor of Ohio in 1971. He served as governor until 1975. During Gilligan's governorship, the state lottery started, the graduated state income tax was implemented, the voting age was lowered to eighteen, and the transportation infrastructure was improved. After his term, Gilligan focused his political efforts towards international development and also taught at the collegiate level. Influenced by her father's political career and ambitions, Kathleen Gilligan served as governor of Kansas from 2003 until 2009. Under President Barack Obama, she was appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS388AV_B01_F05_01
Subjects: Gilligan, John Joyce, 1921-; Governors; Political campaigns; Politicians; Political elections;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing John Gilligan standing next to an unidentified man. John Gilligan started his political career in 1953 when he campaigned and won a seat in the Cincinnati City Council. Later, Gilligan ran for the United States House of Representatives and served for one term. However, he was not re-elected and suffered two more political defeats in running for the United States Senate. Despite these failed campaigns, Gilligan won the office of Governor of Ohio in 1971 and served until 1975. His term as governor is remembered for several successes, the beginning of the state lottery, the graduated state income tax, the voting age lowered to eighteen, and an improved transportation infrastructure. After his term, Gilligan focused his political efforts towards international development and also taught at the collegiate level. Influenced by her father's political career and ambitions, Kathleen Gilligan served as governor of Kansas from 2003 until 2009. Under President Barack Obama, she was appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS388AV_B01_F06_02
Subjects: Gilligan, John Joyce, 1921-; Governors; Political campaigns; Political elections; Politicians;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)