19th century, presidents

Andrew Jackson, president of the United States / painted by W.J. Hubar...

Print shows Andrew Jackson, full-length portrait, sitting in a chair, facing front, with legs crossed and hands on lap.

Banknote motif: Portrait on George Washington in a decorative panel

Attributed to Asher Brown Durand (American, Jefferson, New Jersey 1796–1886 Maplewood, New Jersey)

[United States Capitol] / C. Bullfinch delt. ; Childs dir.

Print shows front or east view of the U.S. Capitol as it appeared in 1829, prior to the beginning of President Andrew Jackson's administration. Title from another impression. Trimmed above title and mounted on ... More

Letter from William P. Weeks, Canaan, [New Hampshire], to Amos Augustu...

William P. Weeks writes Amos A. Phelps upset by a previous letter Phelps had written him discussing politics. He writes about their political disagreements with regards to Weeks new position as Postmaster in Ho... More

James K. Polk Papers: Series 6: Notes, circa 1831-1847; Subject file; ...

Martin Van Buren Papers: Series 3, Additional Correspondence, 1811-185...

[George Washington] - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform, holding sword at side in right hand, with left arm raised in parting gesture, aide with horse on th... More

Augustin de Saint Aubin - Portrait of George Washington

Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1736–1807 Paris) Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Letter from Nathaniel Briggs Borden, Washington City, [District of Col...

In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Nathaniel B. Borden acknowledges that he received Garrison's letter and thanks him for providing "information in regard to the policy by which abolitionists are governe... More

Letter from John Anderson Collins, New Bedford, [Massachusetts], to Wi...

John Anderson Collins writes to William Lloyd Garrison asking him to include "the call for the convention at Springfield" in the Liberator. Collins tells Garrison that he should "bring this convention prominent... More

Letter from John Anderson Collins, New Bedford, [Massachusetts], to Wi...

John Anderson Collins writes to William Lloyd Garrison asking him to include "the call for the convention at Springfield" in the Liberator. Collins tells Garrison that he should "bring this convention prominent... More

Martin Van Buren Papers: Series 3, Additional Correspondence, 1811-185...

The presidents of the United States

Public domain photograph of ornamental engraving print, decor, decorated panel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Martin Van Buren Papers: Series 3, Additional Correspondence, 1811-185...

John Quincy Adams / taken from a daguerreotype by P. Haas ; lith. & pu...

Print shows John Quincy Adams, full-length portrait, seated in a chair, facing front, with hands on a book in his lap and legs crossed, and with large book on the floor next to the chair.

[Andrew Jackson, half length portrait, seated, facing left]

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The presidents of the United States

298 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baillie.

Letter from Giles Badger Stebbins, Egypt, N[ew] Y[ork], to William Llo...

In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Giles B. Stebbins requests Garrison send him 200 copies of "Adin Ballou's reply to Gerrit Smith's Constitutional argument". Stebbins states that he saw in the Liberator... More

General Washington (on the battle field at Trenton) / engraved by W. W...

Print showing General George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform; he is holding a telescope in his right hand while an aide manages his horse behind him; shown in t... More

Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States / on stone by A. ...

Print showing Thomas Jefferson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in ornately framed oval.

John Adams, 2nd President of the United States / on stone by A. Newsam...

Print showing John Adams, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, in ornately framed oval.

Portraits of the presidents / lithography of F. Michelin.

James Madison - 4th President of the United States / on stone by A. Ne...

Print showing James Madison, bust portrait, facing right, in frame. From series: Portraits of the Presidents. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1846 by C.S. Williams, in the Clerk's Office of th... More

James K. Polk Papers: Series 8: Miscellaneous, 1827-1884; Chronologica...

James K. Polk Papers: Series 2, General Correspondence and Related Ite...

[George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[James Buchanan, bust portrait, facing right]

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Battle scene surrounded by portraits of American presidents]

Print shows miniature portraits of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Tayl... More

Lives of the presidents of the United States. By Robert W. Lincoln

Print shows trimmed frontispiece to one of the G.H. Salisbury edition's of Lives of the presidents of the United States ... / By Robert W. Lincoln with portrait of George Washington in front of soldiers. In al... More

G. Washington / P.F. Rothermel pinx ; A.H. Ritchie sc.

Print showing George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, right hand on book, left hand holding sword. Includes facsimile signature.

Terrible rout & total destruction of the Whig Party. In Salt River

The 1852 Democratic victory under the standard of Franklin Pierce is foreseen as a debacle for the Whig party, led by Winfield Scott. Pierce (center) sits on his horse, holding aloft a banner bearing his and ru... More

The game-cock & the goose - Political cartoon, public domain image

A pro-Whig cartoon showing rival candidates Winfield Scott and Franklin Pierce in a race for the presidency in 1852 before an audience of animated spectators. Scott, in uniform and looking uncharacteristically... More

Loco Foco candidates travelling, on the canel system

Several prospective Democratic presidential candidates travel along a canal in the "Salt River Barge," named after the proverbial river of political defeat. The passengers are (left to right): Lewis Cass, secre... More

Scene in a New Hampshire court.--General Pierce examining a witness. S...

Two humorous incidents supposedly from the life of Franklin Pierce. On the left, a repartee wherein Pierce, the distinguished trial lawyer, is embarrassed by an ignorant witness. Armed with pages of notes, Pie... More

Loco Foco hunters treeing a candidate

A satire on the Democrats' or "Loco Focos'" 1852 pursuit of Franklin Pierce for the presidential nomination. At the foot of the White Mountains in the "Dismal Swamp," an immense, swampy region of North Carolina... More

Ornithology - Engraving, Public domain image, Political Cartoon

A mild election-year cartoon portraying Whig presidential candidate Winfield Scott (left) as a turkey and Democrat Franklin Pierce (right) as a gamecock. The two face each other from opposite sides of "Mason &... More

G. Washington / P.F. Rothermel pinx ; A.H. Ritchie sc.

Print showing George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, right hand on book, left hand holding sword. Includes facsimile signature. Entered according to Act of Congress in the yea... More

Soliciting a vote - Political cartoon, public domain image

A cynical view of party competition for the working man's vote in the presidential campaign of 1852. In a polling place, four candidates struggle to force their own election ticket on a short, uncouth-looking c... More

Frank Pierce / engrd. by W.L. Ormsby from a daguerreotype.

Franklin Pierce, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The fish question settled - Public domain print

A facetious, and somewhat racist, look at public opinion surrounding the controversy over American fishing rights in British-controlled waters off North America. (See also "John Bull's Fish Monopoly," no. 1852-... More

Barn-burners in a fix - Political cartoon, public domain image

A satire on the Barnburners, a radical faction of New York State Democrats, led by John Van Buren, whose commitment to social and monetary reforms was likened to a farmer's burning his barn to rid it of rats. H... More

Position of the Democratic Party in 1852. "Freemen of America, how lon...

A crudely drawn satire bitterly attacking Democratic presidential candidate Franklin Pierce and appealing to the "Freemen of America." The print, possibly executed by a free black, criticizes the Democrats' pla... More

Genl. Franklin Pierce - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2494

Capability and availability - Political cartoon, public domain image

Sharply critical of both the Democratic and Whig choice of presidential candidates in 1852, the artist laments the nomination of two soldiers, Winfield Scott (center) and Franklin Pierce (far right), in prefere... More

White Mountains in labour - Political cartoon, public domain image

The artist belittles the Democrats' relatively undistinguished choice for presidential nominee in 1852, Franklin Pierce. The cartoon is based on Aesop's fable about the mountain which, being in labor, groaned s... More

Medal of Franklin Pierce, bronze, New York

Bronze plaque of a bust of politician, ca, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Medal of Franklin Pierce, bronze

Salathiel Ellis (1803–1879) Made in New York, New York, United States

Genl. Franklin Pierce: fourteenth president of the United States

Public domain photograph of male portrait print, engraving, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[President Franklin Pierce, three-quarter length portrait, seated, fac...

Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). LC-BH82-5118. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pres. Franklin Pierce, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War t...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pres. Franklin Pierce, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War t...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pres. Franklin Pierce, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War t...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Isometrical view of the Presidents House, the surrounding public build...

Bird's-eye view of White House vicinity and Lafayette Park. Shows all buildings, individual trees, fences, sidewalks, etc. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Accompanied by letter from the White House,... More

Letter from James Miller M'Kim, Philad[elphi]a, [Pa.], to William Lloy...

James Miller M'Kim writes William Lloyd Garrison informing him that a unanimous vote by the Executive Committee compels him to write Garrison advising him that he is desperately desired to be present at the ann... More

Washington. Presidents house / lith. by E. Sachse & Co. Baltimore, Md.

Print shows a view across the lawn of the north portico of the White House, with a horse-drawn carriage on the drive in front. Inscribed in ink on verso: EYM. Inscription on verso probably refers to Eliza Youn... More

Letter from James Miller M'Kim, Phil[adelphi]a, [Pa.], to William Lloy...

James Miller M'Kim writes William Lloyd Garrison informing him that he has learned through Oliver Johnson that the state of Garrison's health is such that it is improbably that Garrison should join them at the ... More

Lloyd's new political chart, 1861 : with a map of the United States, s...

Compiled and published by H.H. Lloyd & Co. Hand-colored lithograph composed of map, wood-cut portraits, biographies and statistics. Includes portraits of political figures and biographies of Lincoln and his cab... More

[Civil War envelope showing eagle above portrait of George Washington ...

Addressed to Rorelmia [?] Sturtevent, Savoy, Mass.; postmarked Dec. 23, 1862, New Orleans, La.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection ... More

Presidents Buchanan and Lincoln entering the Senate Chamber before the...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1861 March 16, p. 165. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

The President and General McClellan on the Battle-field of Antietam

Photograph shows President Lincoln and General McClellan seated inside a tent on the Battlefield of Antietam. Ostendorf, no. 66 Meserve, no. 43. Printed under photo: Entered according to act of Congress, in th... More

Letter from Henry Wright Clarke, West Gloucester, [Gloucester, Massach...

Henry Clarke Wright writes to William Lloyd Garrison asking about his plans to travel to Philadelphia the following week (for the upcoming 30th anniversary of the founding of the American Anti-Slavery Society).... More

Letter from Oliver Johnson, Anti-Slavery Office, New York, [New York],...

Oliver Johnson writes to William Lloyd Garrison remarking that he is not suprised by Garrison's letter, he "felt sure that my faithful showing up of the Cleveland [Radical Republican nominating] party, its plat... More

Letter from Gerrit Smith to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 Sept[ember] 6

In this work of handwritten poetry titled "Welcome to our guests", Gerrit Smith writes of William Lloyd Garrison, "friend of black & white mankind!" in 12 rhyming stanzas. The poem not only prasies Garrison, bu... More

Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garriso...

Oliver Johnson states to William Lloyd Garrison his sincere hopes that the "sun of righteousness" will "break through the clouds of war, shining upon a land without a slave!" Johnson confides that he is dreads ... More

Letter from Gerrit Smith, [Peterboro, N.Y. ?], to William Lloyd Garris...

Gerrit Smith pens a brief note to William Lloyd Garrison concerning the upcoming Presidential election, indicating his probable support for Lincoln. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Wendell Phillips, [Boston?], to Samuel May, Sept. 19, '64

Phillips discusses Abraham Lincoln and George Brinton McClellan. He says "as for AL and Mac I'd cut off both hands before unnecessarily doing anything to elect Mac and one hand before doing the same for Lincoln... More

Letter from Alfred Harry Love, Philad[elphi]a, [Pa.], to William Lloyd...

Alfred Love reports that he has received a letter calling for the discontinuation of the Liberator, and exclaims his surprise that a reader of the Liberator for "thirty years" would "say one word, or do one act... More

Letter from Gerrit Smith to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 Sept[ember] 6

In this work of handwritten poetry titled "Welcome to our guests", Gerrit Smith writes of William Lloyd Garrison, "friend of black & white mankind!" in 12 rhyming stanzas. The poem not only prasies Garrison, bu... More

Presidential campaign, 1864. Candidates for President and Vice-Preside...

Print shows bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln, George B. McClellan, Andrew Johnson, and George H. Pendleton above a map of the United States, with bust portraits of the previous 15 presidents with George Washin... More

Letter from Elizabeth Pease Nichol, Edinburgh [Scotland], to William L...

Elizabeth Pease Nichol forwards to William Lloyd Garrison the sum of £50 as a contribution to the antislavery cause from their mutual friend Thomas Sturge. Nichol opines that the military success of the United ... More

Letter from Gerrit Smith to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 Sept[ember] 6

In this work of handwritten poetry titled "Welcome to our guests", Gerrit Smith writes of William Lloyd Garrison, "friend of black & white mankind!" in 12 rhyming stanzas. The poem not only prasies Garrison, bu... More

Letter from Mary Grew, New Russia, [New York], to Helen Eliza Garrison...

Mary Grew writes to Helen Eliza Garrison explaining that she would have written her sooner but was "more than half sick" and is only now recuperating due to the air in the mountains. She then describes her surr... More

Letter from Samuel May, [Boston], to Wendell Phillips, Sept. 20 / 64

May argues with Phillips about Abraham Lincoln and General George Brinton McClellan. May denies that he is a politician. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from Charles Augustus Stackpole, Portland, [Maine], to William ...

C.A. Stackpole writes to William Lloyd Garrison agreeing that his "position with regard to Mr. Lincoln is wholly tenable, and will secure the approval of intelligent and candid persons the world over." Stackpol... More

How Columbia receives McLellan's Salutation from the Chicago Platform

Columbia repudiates Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McClellan's endorsement of the platform devised at the August 1864 Democratic convention in Chicago. The text below the picture provides the... More

Letter from Alfred Harry Love, Philade[elphi]a, [Pa.], to William Lloy...

Alfred Love reports that he has received Garrison's letters concerning the proposed visit of George Thompson to Philadelphia. Love states that he has consulted with Lucretia Mott, Edward M. Davis, Abraham Parke... More

Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Florence, [Massachusetts], to William...

Henry Clarke Wright writes to William Lloyd Garrison about the charge that Garrison has "fallen apostatized" for supporting Lincoln in the coming presidential election of 1864. Wright defends Garrison's view an... More

Letter from Charles Jidd, Lexington, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garriso...

Charles Jidd writes to William Lloyd Garrison lamenting the decline in subscription figures to the Liberator due to "its course relative to the coming election", and affirms his support for the political positi... More

Letter from Gerrit Smith to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 Sept[ember] 6

In this work of handwritten poetry titled "Welcome to our guests", Gerrit Smith writes of William Lloyd Garrison, "friend of black & white mankind!" in 12 rhyming stanzas. The poem not only prasies Garrison, bu... More

Letter from Gerrit Smith to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 Sept[ember] 6

In this work of handwritten poetry titled "Welcome to our guests", Gerrit Smith writes of William Lloyd Garrison, "friend of black & white mankind!" in 12 rhyming stanzas. The poem not only prasies Garrison, bu... More

Letter from Gerrit Smith to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 Sept[ember] 6

In this work of handwritten poetry titled "Welcome to our guests", Gerrit Smith writes of William Lloyd Garrison, "friend of black & white mankind!" in 12 rhyming stanzas. The poem not only prasies Garrison, bu... More

Letter from Harriet Martineau, Ambleside, [England], to William Lloyd ...

Harriet Martineau sends her sympathies to William Lloyd Garrison following the illness of his wife Helen and the "peculiar trial" in which Garrison has been "misunderstood & unkindly treated by old comrades & d... More

Our presidents. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Print shows Andrew Johnson, bust portrait, facing right, surrounded by cameo portraits of U.S. presidents from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by H.H... More

Our national chart, a supplement to the "Cincinnati Weekly Times" for ...

Print showing right side illustration of "The soldier's dream" in which a soldier asleep on the ground during the Civil War dreams of returning home to loved ones; left side illustration shows bust portrait of ... More

Republican chart for the presidential campaign, 1868 / E. Baldwin eng.

Print shows Ulysses S. Grant, bust portrait, facing slightly right, and Schuyler Colfax, bust portrait, facing slightly left, with brief biographies of each, also with text of the Republican Party platform, as ... More

Letter from T.P. Strasey, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison...

T.P. Strasey writes to William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for his "too kind presentation" of him to Garrison's friends in London. Strasey then comments on the excitement of recent elections in England saying "... More

Letter from Giles Badger Stebbins, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William...

Giles B. Stebbins writes to William Lloyd Garrison inviting him to attend a meeting of the "Grant and Colfax Club of Ward 8" to "address the club on the issues of the present political canvas". Stebbins extends... More

Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Cleveland, O[hio], to William Lloyd G...

In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Henry Clarke Wright describes reading a letter from Garrison to Thomas and Mary Jones "in which you so generously allude to them" and the "deep-felt happiness to the wh... More

The great national memorial / C. Inger.

Print showing portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Jefferson Davis, and Abraham Lincoln with portraits of their respective cabinet officers, two vignette scenes showing of the landi... More

Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garriso...

Oliver Johnson writes William Lloyd Garrison after a six-month lapse in correspondance owing to Johnson's bereavement following the death of his wife, Mary Anne, whom Johnson states he innately associates with ... More

Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garriso...

Oliver Johnson writes William Lloyd Garrison after a six-month lapse in correspondance owing to Johnson's bereavement following the death of his wife, Mary Anne, whom Johnson states he innately associates with ... More

Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garr...

Samuel May, Jr. thanks William Lloyd Garrison for the latter's correction made to the Independent, and returns the edition to him. May opines that Garrison's excoriation of Horace Greeley is "a servere one, and... More

Letter from Henry Vincent, Regents Park, London, [England], to Willaim...

Henry Vincent writes to William Lloyd Garrison about the death of Richard Davis Webb, saying it "will be deeply felt by a large circle of friends on both sides of the Atlantic." He asks Garrison about the 1872 ... More

Letter from Samuel Edmund Sewall, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William ...

Samuel Edmund Sewall writes to William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for his "very acceptable gift of Mazzini." Sewall says that he has "read your introduction and a part of the rest of the book with great intere... More

Letter from James Porter, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison,...

James Porter writes William Lloyd Garrison expressing his sincere appreciation for Garrison's "most timely letter" to Charles Sumner, and states that Garrison, "of all men in the country", is particularly well-... More

Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garriso...

Oliver Johnson writes William Lloyd Garrison after a six-month lapse in correspondance owing to Johnson's bereavement following the death of his wife, Mary Anne, whom Johnson states he innately associates with ... More

Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Lancaster, N.H., to William Lloyd Garriso...

Samuel May, Jr. writes William Lloyd Garrison that he had received Garrison's letter while en route to the mountains, where he is accompanying a friend who is beset by asthma, and thus in need of assistance wit... More

Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass], to William Lloyd Garri...

Samuel May, Jr. writes William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for his delivery of a copy of the "Journal" containing Garrison's commentary on Charles Sumner's "(intended) Faneuil Hall speech". May offers his sympa... More

Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garr...

Samuel May, Jr. writes William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for the gift of "The Life of Mazzini", whom May heralds as "one of the real leaders of humanity's march", with an introduction penned by Garrison. May ... More

Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garriso...

Oliver Johnson writes William Lloyd Garrison after a six-month lapse in correspondance owing to Johnson's bereavement following the death of his wife, Mary Anne, whom Johnson states he innately associates with ... More