Description: Campaign button from the 1944 U.S. presidential elections. Franklin Roosevelt was running for his fourth term as President of the United States, and Frank Lausche was running for his first term as Ohio Governor. Both were members of the Democratic Party. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05315
Subjects: Political parties; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential campaigns; Presidential elections; Governors--Election; Governors--Ohio
Places: Chicago (Illinois)
 

Description: Dated 1896, this is a poster from the 1896 presidential election between William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan. Titled "Bryan's Prophecies in 1896, " the broadside outlines the possible catastrophic repercussions of McKinley's reelection and the Republican Party's ideals come to fruition through McKinley's second term as President. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS0587
Subjects: Presidential campaigns; Presidential candidates; Democratic Party; Elections
 

Description: Political button for Republican presidential candidate Herbert Hoover, with Hoover's face and the slogan "Put Hoover On." It was made by Whitehead & Hoag of Newark, New Jersey, in 1928. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04864
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Voting; Presidential campaigns; Presidential elections
Places: Newark (New Jersey)
 

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: Photograph of a crowd gathered in Cincinnati, Ohio, to show support for Alabama Governor George Wallace, who ran for U.S. President in 1968. They are holding posters with the slogan "Stand Up for America!" George Wallace was the candidate for the American Independent Party, which had a platform supporting racial segregation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05170
Subjects: Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998--Public appearances; Racism--United States--History--20th century; Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century; Political campaigns; Presidential campaigns
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing protestors gathered at the Cincinnati Convention Center to demonstrate against the racial segregation platform of Alabama Governor and American Independent Party presidential candidate George Wallace, on October 26, 1968. A young girl in the foreground flashes the peace sign, while activists hold signs reading "God is Black," "Together Against Prejudice," and "Wallace in '68 Fascism in '69." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05171
Subjects: Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998--Public appearances; Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century; Racism--United States--History--20th century; Political campaigns; Presidential campaigns
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This broadside, titled "Proposals for the Log Cabin," promotes the candidacy of William Henry Harrison, who went on to defeat President Martin Van Buren in the U.S. presidential election of 1840. The broadside bears the signatures of Harrison supporters who are advertising the availability of "13 numbers of a paper" titled "Log Cabin." The document is dated February 29, 1840. During the campaign, Harrison's supporters portrayed him as a common man who was born in a log cabin and liked to drink hard cider. It was not the first or last time that exaggerated and inaccurate claims have been made about a candidate by his friends. A rugged log cabin became the campaign's iconic symbol. William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) was an American political and military leader and the ninth President of the United States. Born in Charles County, Virginia, he graduated college and then studied medicine at his father’s insistence. After his father’s death in 1791, he joined the U.S. Army and served in the military until 1798. In the Northwest Territory he assisted General Anthony Wayne as an aide-de-camp. He participated in the Battle of Fallen Timbers and was present at the negotiating and signing of the Treaty of Greeneville. After leaving military service, Harrison was Secretary of the Northwest Territory and later represented the Northwest Territory in the U.S. Congress. He served as governor of Indiana Territory (modern-day Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan) from 1800 to 1813. While he was governor, Harrison also was the Superintendent for Indian Affairs in the American Northwest. He convinced many Native Americans to relinquish millions of acres of land in what is now the Midwestern U.S. Because the United States had reserved this land to the Native Americans in the Treaty of Greeneville, some Native Americans refused to forsake their claims. Chief among these people were the Shawnee, led by Tecumseh and the Prophet, Tecumseh's brother. These two men worked to form a confederation of all Native American tribes west of the Appalachian Mountains. Harrison marched against Tecumseh in late 1811. While Tecumseh was away seeking additional followers, Harrison attacked the Shawnees' major village, Prophetstown. On November 7, 1811, at the Battle of Tippecanoe, the U.S. army destroyed the village and hindered the success of the native alliance. During the War of 1812, Harrison rose to the rank of brigadier-general and commanded the Army of the Northwest. In October 1813 the Army of the Northwest fought a joint British and Native American force led by General Henry Proctor and Tecumseh in the Battle of the Thames. The British ran from the battlefield, leaving the Native Americans to fight on alone. The Americans defeated the Native Americans, killing Tecumseh. Following the War of 1812, Harrison returned to politics. He made his home at North Bend, just west of Cincinnati, Ohio. He represented Ohio in the U.S. Congress for two terms and also was U.S. ambassador to Colombia. In 1836 he ran as a Whig Party candidate for the presidency of the United States but lost to Martin Van Buren. With John Tyler as his running mate during the 1840 presidential campaign, Harrison emphasized his military record against Tecumseh and the British in the War of 1812. His famous campaign slogan was "Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too." The American voters elected Harrison with the wide margin of victory of 234 electoral-college votes for Harrison to Van Buren's sixty. The sixty-eight-year-old Harrison took office in 1841. He served the shortest time in office of any man elected to the presidency. He died of pneumonia on April 4, 1841, one month after taking office. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4980_B58
Subjects: Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Broadsides--1800-1890; Political campaigns; Presidential campaigns; Propaganda; Presidents; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
 

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: 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: Broadside for the candidacy of Salmon P. Chase for President and Jefferson Davis as Vice-President. In 1855, Chase successfully ran for governor of Ohio as a Republican. Slavery was the dominant issue of the campaign, and as governor, Chase continued to focus on the issue of slavery, but also supported a number of other ideas that were of interest to many Ohioans of this era. He supported reform of the state militia, improved property rights for women, and changes in public education. . Chase was reelected as governor in 1857, but his second term was much less productive as Democrats gained control of the state legislature. Chase also sought the Republican nomination for the presidency in 1856 and 1860, but he was unsuccessful. The principal reason for these losses was Chase's radical abolitionist position. In the meantime, Republicans regained control of the Ohio legislature in 1859 and chose to send Chase back to the U.S. Senate in 1860. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: VFM5419_Chase
Subjects: Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873; Presidential campaigns; Governors--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This picture shows a toddler standing in a rocking chair in front of a William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt presidential campaign poster. Handwritten on the negative is an illegible name as well as the location "Big Bend." The photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b15_f873
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Children; McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Presidential campaigns
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: This portrait of a woman identified as Anna Hart Gibson was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. She wears a necklace and pins, including a campaign button which appears to show William Jennings Bryan and Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic ticket for the 1900 presidential election. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio History Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_B19_F1456
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photographers--Ohio; Portrait photography--United States--History; Presidential campaigns;
Places: Ohio; West Virginia