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: A photograph taken by Joe Munroe of Eugene McCarthy as he campaigns for the presidential nomination of the Democratic party. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B33_F2325_JPG308
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Political campaigns; Politicians; Presidential elections; Presidential candidates.
Places: California
 

Description: A photograph taken by Joe Munroe of Eugene McCarthy as he campaigns for the presidential nomination of the Democratic party, speaking before a large crowd. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B33_F2325_JPG309
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Political campaigns; Politicians; Presidential elections; Presidential candidates.
Places: Berkeley (California)
 

Description: This photograph shows presidential candidate Warren G. Harding addressing a crowd of campaign supporters in downtown Mount Gilead, Ohio. The Victory Shaft is visible to the right, an obelisk erected to commemorate Morrow County residents purchasing more war bonds during World War I than any other Ohio county. Harding also spoke at the monument's dedication in 1919. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00774
Subjects: Marion County (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential elections; Presidential campaigns; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; World War I, 1914-1918; Monuments & memorials; War bonds & funds--United States--1910-1920
Places: Mount Gilead (Ohio); Morrow County (Ohio)
 

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: General Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) and Levi Morton, the Republican candidates of 1888. After being born and educated in Ohio and becoming a successful soldier in the Civil War, Harrison was appointed to the Senate as a representative of Indiana. He went on to win the Republican nomination for the 1888 presidential election. Harrison defeated incumbent Grover Cleveland despite losing the popular vote. Harrison is best known for acquiring vast amounts of land and admitting 6 states to the Union while in office. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4771
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Candidates for president; Candidates for Vice-President; Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901; Presidential elections--1880-1890; Presidential campaigns; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: North Bend (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This campaign ribbon was created for the presidential election of 1840. It is made of white silk and decorated with images of candidate William Henry Harrison and a log cabin. The ribbon measures 3.15 by 7 inches (8 by 18 cm). Historians have described the 1840 campaign as the first modern political campaign. Harrison broke with tradition and campaigned actively for president on the Whig ticket. The log cabin became the symbol of Harrison's campaign when his Democratic opponents ridiculed him, saying he would be content to spend his days in a log cabin drinking hard cider. Harrison's supporters turned this insult around to portray Harrison as a man of the people. Harrison (1773-1841) was a member of a prominent Virginia family. He served as aide-de-camp to General Anthony Wayne during the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. After moving to the Ohio country, he became secretary of the Northwest Territory and served as the territory's first representative to Congress. In 1801, Harrison became governor of the Indiana Territory and served in that position for 12 years. Harrison achieved his greatest fame during the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. He was planning an attack on an American Indian settlement known as Prophet's town. Instead, American Indian forces attacked Harrison's camp on the Tippecanoe River. Harrison's troops repulsed the attack, but suffered almost 200 dead and wounded. During the War of 1812, Harrison commanded the Army of the Northwest and attained the rank of brigadier general. In 1813, he defeated the combined forces of the British and American Indians at the Battle of the Thames, where Chief Tecumseh was killed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1427_1534367_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Presidential elections; Log cabins
Places: North Bend (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing Senator Edmund Muskie with supporters in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 31, 1968. Muskie was the vice-presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket with presidential nominee Hubert Humphrey. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05174
Subjects: Presidential elections; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential campaigns
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy surrounded by supporters at a rally at the Greater Cincinnati Airport, July 19, 1968. He campaigned for the Democratic nomination for President, running on a strong anti-Vietnam War ticket. Although he won the popular vote in the primaries, at the Democratic convention the electors chose Vice President Hubert Humphrey for the party's presidential candidate. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05175
Subjects: Presidential elections; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential campaigns
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy waving to supporters from a platform at a rally at the Greater Cincinnati Airport, July 19, 1968. He campaigned for the Democratic nomination for President, running on a strongly anti-Vietnam War platform. Although he won the popular vote in the primaries, at the Democratic convention the electors chose Vice President Hubert Humphrey for the party's Presidential candidate. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05176
Subjects: Presidential elections; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential campaigns
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Alabama Governor George Wallace at the Luken Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio, pictured with Miss Cincinnati, September 13, 1968. George Wallace was a candidate for United State President in 1968 on the American Independent Party ticket, whose platform was strongly in favor of racial segregation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05191
Subjects: Presidential elections; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidential campaigns
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows William Howard Taft (1857-1930) receiving his ballot for the presidential primary in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 1908. Taft was elected president later that year and served one term in office. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Attorney General Alphonso Taft. In this photograph Taft is surrounded by a group of men, one of whom is handing him a white piece of paper. A notation written in white ink appears on the photo: "Wm. H. Taft receiving his ballot. Photo F. Boellinger." Another notatation, written on the bottom white border, reads: "Copyright applied for. Nov-08." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06178
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930; Voting; Presidential elections
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)