Description: Photographic portrait of Samuel Medary, ca. 1860, in formal attire. Medary was an Ohio Senator and publisher of the Ohio Statesman (1832-1857), which he used to endorse the Democratic Party's candidates and to build support for its policies. Medary bought the "Ohio Monitor," changed its name to the "Ohio Statesman," and later established "The Crisis." Samuel Medary was born on February 25, 1801, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He relocated to Ohio in 1825. He died in Columbus, Ohio, on November 7, 1864, and is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04267
Subjects: Political parties; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Journalism; Newspaper publishing; Medary, S. (Samuel), 1801-1864
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This broadside, created in 1859 by the Democratic Party of Ohio, was directed to defeat William H. Gibson, the Radical Republican candidate for Congress, by reminding the public of his conviction in Ohio for embezzlement of state bonds. Gibson had participated in a cover-up of a deficiency in the Ohio Treasury, left by his predecessor, John G. Breslin. He was forced to resign as Ohio State Treasurer in 1857, and returned to Tiffin to start a law office. Gibson was Brigadier General of the Union Army’s 49th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War, and is remembered as a powerful orator and patriotic leader for his service in the war. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04279
Subjects: Political parties; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Ohio--Politics and government--1787-1865
Places: Tiffin (Ohio); Seneca County (Ohio)
 

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: Black-and-white photographic print of Benjamin Wade, a Radical Republican who studied law and was a judge in the state of Ohio. He also served as a government director of the Union Pacific Railroad and participated in a commission debating whether or not the United States should annex Santo Domingo. He died on March 2, 1878 in Jefferson, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04308
Subjects: Political parties; Other--Federal Government; Judges--Ohio; Republican Party; Lawyers--Ohio
Places: Jefferson (Ohio); Ashtabula County (Ohio)
 

Description: Roxie Chambers leading Buckeye Women's Republican Glee Club members in "Ohio, My Ohio," January 1952. 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. This photograph appeared in the February 11, 1952, issue of Life Magazine, illustrating a report of the Franklin County Republican pre-primary convention held the month before. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06311
Subjects: Political parties; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Women in the performing arts; Women--Societies and clubs--Ohio; Political culture--Ohio--History;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)