Unto them that hath / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows an elephant labeled "G.O.P." holding a tambourine labeled "Stand Patism" and handing out free baskets labeled "Tariff Graft" containing a turkey, duck, or chicken to ragged figures labeled "C... More
A petitioning, remonstrating, reforming, republican / R.S., British Ca...
Cartoon shows a "Republican" squatting over an upturned crown, urinating into an upturned bishop's mitre. He supports himself with a staff on which is a liberty cap with the word "liberty" crossed out and "rebe... More
The French Mahomet, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a hunchback named La Reveilliere La Paux standing upon the Republican calendar while supporting symbols of France in one hand and containing it with an iron sceptor in the other hand as Count Lazare... More
This plate is respectfully dedicated to all the butchers in the United...
A procession of butchers led by two Negro fiddlers, and featuring a large bull. On the ground before the bull are a cleaver, saw, and other butcher tools. The print is dedicated to Pennsylvania's recently elec... More
A caucus held at Albany on sunday evening April 11th. 1824 by the N.Y....
A satire condemning the duplicity and conspiracy of the "Bucktail" faction of New York Democrats in their April 1824 ouster of New York's ex-governor DeWitt Clinton from his post as canal commissioner. The Lib... More
Republican anti-caucus ticket. For President John Quincy Adams for Vic...
Electoral ticket for John Quincy Adams, listing 24 Virginia electors. Illus. in: Rare Book Division. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Monumental inscriptions!. Book illustration from Library of Congress
An account of six military executions ordered by Gen. Jackson in 1815. During the 1828 presidential election, John Quincy Adams' Federalist proponents created a series of "coffin handbills" aimed at Tennessee ... More
The debilitated situation of a monarchal government . . .
A pointed comparison of French and American governments, prompted by events surrounding American efforts in 1836 to force France to honor spoliation claims for American shipping losses suffered during the Napol... More
Price current - coin, public domain photograph
A satire on William M. Price, federal district attorney of New York who fled to Europe after embezzling from the government approximately $72,000. Price followed coconspirator Samuel Swartwout, former collector... More
[John Sherman, head-and-shoulders portrait, full face]
Republican Representative from Ohio, 1855-1861; Senator, 1861-1877, 1881-1897; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-1881. Photographer unidentified. Case: back only, oval frame design. Source unknown. Forms par... More
[Richard Yates, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]
Whig Congressman from Illinois, 1851-1855; Republican Governor of Illinois, 1861-1865; Republican Senator from Illinois, 1865-1871.
[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]
Whig Congressman from Ohio, 1831-1840; Governor of Ohio, 1840-1842; Senator, 1845-1850; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1850-1853; Republican Congressman, 1858-1861. Identified by Owen Blevins 4/2017 based on s... More
See our torn flag still waving - Public domain book illustration
An illustrated sheet music cover glorifying the nativist cause, produced shortly after the bloody anti-Catholic riots in Kensington, Philadelphia, of May 1844. The song was composed and arranged by James W. Po... More
John Sherman, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Drawing is head-and-shoulders portrait of John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican Representative from Ohio, 1855-1861; Senator, 1861-1877, 1881-1897; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-1881. The drawing was crea... More
Gov. Seabrook's quick step - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Con...
A sheet music cover illustrated with an allegorical vignette incorporating the arms of the state of South Carolina. The quickstep was composed by Geo. F. Cole for the Washington Light Infantry and dedicated by ... More
"View of the Iron Mountain" - Public domain portrait print
Mo. Lithograph by L. Gast & Brother, St. Louis. Illus. in: Annual Review. History of St. Louis, Commercial Statistics, Improvements of the Year, and Account of Leading Manufactories, etc., from the Missouri Rep... More
"View of the Pilot Knob" [Mo.] - Public domain book illustration, Libr...
Lithograph by L. Gast & Brother, St. Louis. Illus. in: Annual Review, History of St. Louis, Commercial Statistics, Improvements of the Year, and Account of Leading Manufactories, etc., from the Missouri Republi... More
Honorable George Briggs of N.Y. Mathew Brady photograph of American Ci...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Rep. from N.Y.; b. N.Y. 1805; d. in N.Y. 1869; moved to Vt. 1812; elected State H. of R. 1837; took up Residence in N.Y. 1838; M.C. 1849-53 (Whig); elected ... More
Honorable Lafayette Sabine Foster of Connecticut
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Born 1806; Editor of the "Republican" a Whig newspaper; Mayor of Norwich, Conn.; U.S. Senator; Judge of Supreme Court of Conn.; Pres. Pro-Tem of Senate; Pro... More
Jacob Collamer. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Rep. & Senator, Vt.; b. N.Y. 1791; d. Vt. 1865; practiced law Vt. 1813-1833; member State H. of R.; Judge of superior court 1833-1842; Whig in Cong. 1843-49... More
Honorable Jas. Wilson Grimes. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civi...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: E C. Iowa); Sen. from Iowa- B. in Deering, N.H. Oct. 1816; graduated from Hampton Academy, attended Dartm... More
Honorable Giles Waldo Hotchkiss of N.Y
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. One of the founders of the Republican Party. (A close friend of Lincoln). Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Honorable Preston King of N.Y. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civ...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Drowned from a Ferry boat in New York Harbor; Nov. 12, 1865; born 1806; died 1865; Established St. Lawrence "Republican" in 1830; appointed P.M. of Ogdensbu... More
Henry S. Lane. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: H.S. Lane 2nd. Indiana; Delegate to the Republican Convention in Chicago in 1860. Credit line: Brady-Hand... More
Honorable Israel Washburn. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil W...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. M.C. from Maine; Governor of Maine; B. Maine 1813; D. Phila., Pa. 1883; M.C. Maine; Member State H. of R. 1842-1843; elected as Whig & Republican. served fr... More
The grand national fight 2 against 1 fought on the 6th of Nov. 1856 fo...
The familiar metaphor of the presidential contest as a boxing match is invoked once again. (For an earlier example see "Set to Between the Champion Old Tip and the Swell Dutchman of Kinderhook," no. 1836-12.) T... More
Hannibal Hamlin, Republican candidate for Vice-President of the United...
Print shows Hannibal Hamlin, half-length portrait, seated. He was Abraham Lincoln's vice-presidential running mate in the 1860 presidential election. Exchange; Jacques Schurre; Jan. 24, 1950.
Honorable William Lewis Stoughton of Mich
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Hon. W.L. Stronghton. Delegate to Republican Nat. Convention at Chicago in 1860; appointed by Lincoln U.S... More
Abraham Lincoln / Fabronius ; lith. & published by Edw. Mendel.
An early campaign portrait of Republican presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln. The bust portrait is based on Samuel M. Fassett's October 1859 photograph of the Illinois Republican. Below it is a small allegor... More
Honorable Hannibal Hamln: Republican candidate for vice president of t...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3139
Free territory for a free people
A proof, printed on paper, for a small campaign badge or banner for 1860 Republican candidates Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. The badge has interesting similarities to "Lincoln and Hamlin" (no. 1860-10), ... More
Honorable William Henry Koontz of Pa - Public domain portrait print
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Hon. Koontz. Delegate to Republican National Convention at Chicago 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy photogr... More
Lincoln quick step - Public domain portrait photograph
Campaign sheet music for the Lincoln candidacy. The cover illustration features an oval bust portrait of Republican nominee Abraham Lincoln, surrounded by vignettes and motifs recalling his early backwoods car... More
Honorable Washington Townsend of Pa - Public domain portrait photograp...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Hon. Townsend. Delegate to Republican Convention at Chicago in 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph ... More
Honorable Abraham Lincoln: of Illinois, national Republican candidate ...
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Young Men's Republican Union, organized in 1856 as the Young Men's...
Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Honorable Richard Yates of Ill - Public domain portrait photograph
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Lincoln Pallbearer; Delegate to Republican Nat. Convention at Chicago in 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints a... More
Honorable Carl Schurz of Missouri - Public domain portrait photograph
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Gen. Schurz. Delegate to Republican National Convention at Chicago 1860; General U.S. Army. Credit line: ... More
Honorable Solomon Newton Pettis of PA
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Pettis. M.C.; b. Ohio 1827; d. Pa. 1900; began practice law in Pa. 1848; Asso. Justice for the Territory ... More
Honorable Chas. Pomeroy of Iowa - Public domain portrait photograph
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Fragment found during caption keying is housed in separate sleeve. Annotation from negative, glass side, top: torn, illegible. M.C.; Presidential elector on... More
The Republicans in nominating co[nv]ent[ion] in their wigwam at Chicag...
Crowd of mostly women watching Republican convention from upper gallery of a large hall. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, no. 177 (1860 May 19), pp. 312-313.
Honorable Henry Winslow Corbett of Oregon
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Sen. Corbett. Delegate to Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy pho... More
Howard, Honorable Jacob Merritt of Mich. Drew up platform of the first...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 5215, 19, Jacob Merritt Howard. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prin... More
Honorable Abraham Lincoln: Republican candidate for sixteenth presiden...
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Honorable T.M. Pomeroy of N.Y - Public domain portrait print
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: T.M. Pomeroy. Delegate to Republican Nat. Convention at Chicago in 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy photogr... More
Howard. Honorable Jacob Merritt of Mich. Drew up platform of the first...
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The City of Chicago, Illinois, where the Republican Nominating Convent...
Bird's-eye view of Chicago, Illinois. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1860 May 12, p. 292.
Honorable Burton Chauncey Cook of Ill
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, glass side, top: Hn. Cook Cabe. Delegate to Republican Convention in Chicago in 1860; seconded the nomination of A. Lincoln; nomin... More
Our political snake-charmer. 19th century, Library of Congress collect...
British political cartoon shows Stephen Douglas with snakes labeled with the political positions: Old Line (Whig), American, So. American, Anti-Lecompton, Democrat, and Republican. Stephens says, "You perceive,... More
Lincoln & Hamlin. Ward 5. Republican ticket. [Massachusetts campaign ...
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Grand procession of Wide-Awakes at New York on the evening of October ...
Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 4, (1860 October 13), p.648-649. File print in LOT 4406 (1860). Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY NYC Streets; NY NYC Squares; P... More
Honest old Abe on the Stump. Springfield 1858. Honest old Abe on the S...
A caricature of Abraham Lincoln, probably appearing soon after his nomination as Republican presidential candidate. The artist contrasts Lincoln's modest posture at the Illinois Republican state convention in S... More
"Dick, hold fast, and see the salvation of god." [Massachusetts campai...
Specimen ballot issued for the 22nd District of Massachusetts (Republican). Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl... More
Honorable Reuben Eaton Fenton of N.Y
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Ex Senator Ruleen E. Fenton. One of the Founders of the Republican Party. Credit line: Brady-Handy photog... More
[Civil War envelope showing sailor labeled "Victory" holding American ...
Addressed to Miss Alla N. Bates, Republican Office, Springfield, Mass.; bears 3 cent stamp; illegible postmark. Notation on recto: Soldiers letter. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem
A cure for Republican lockjaw - Drawing. Public domain image.
The artist portrays congressional efforts to pass the Crittenden Compromise as an antidote to Republican intransigence on the slavery issue. (For an earlier anti-North satire relating to the compromise, see "Co... More
The great American What is it? chased by Copper-heads
An anti-Lincoln satire, showing the Republican incumbent and his supporters menaced by giant "Copperheads" (Peace Democrats). After a speech on May 1, 1863, asserting that the Civil War was being fought to fre... More
The old Union wagon - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
An ambivalent but essentially pro-Lincoln illustration appearing on a song by John Hogarth Lozier, dedicated to the composer's "Comrades the 37th Indiana Regiment and all who love Our Brave Soldier Boys." Linc... More
The pending conflict, Confederate States of America.
One of three similar prints published by Oliver Evans Woods, reflecting grave northern fears of British and French interference on behalf of the Confederacy in the Civil War. (See also "The Pending Conflict" an... More
Republican invincibles - Public domain portrait print
Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing right (possibly Wenderoth & Taylor photo); metal shield with oval window and with pin fastener attached.... More
The Republican court in the days of Lincoln
Description of painting by P.F. Rothermel. Illus. in: Rare Book Collection - Broadside portfolio 127, no. 47. Reference copy may be in Pres. File - LINCOLN, ABRAHAM - INAUGURATION (1864). This record contains u... More
After a little while - Public domain book illustration, Library of Con...
A pro-Republican campaign print casting Lincoln as peacemaker, and as the hope for reconciliation between the North and South. The top half of the composition represents the North and the bottom the South. In... More
Union republican ticket. Ward 10. [Massachusetts campaign ticket]
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hunter, Honorable Morton Craig of Ind. Presidential elector on the Rep...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, inked on emulsion: 775; scratched into emulsion: Gen. Hunter, 29342 [crossed out], 116 [crossed out], 773; penciled on emulsion: 3... More
Ferry, Honorable Thomas White of Mich. Delegate to the Republican Nati...
A man with a long beard in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Van Vorhes, Honorable Nelson Holmes of Ohio. Delegate to Republican Na...
An old photo of two men with beards. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Patterson, Honorable John James of S.C. (born in PA. 1830) Delegate to...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 793, John J. Patterson, S.C., 67 [crossed out], 18 [crossed out], 29331 [crossed out], 29286 [crossed out... More
Ferry, Honorable Thomas White of Mich. Delegate to Republican Nat. Con...
A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rollins, Honorable Edward Henry, Sen. Of N.H. Chairman of N.H. delegat...
A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Van Vorhes, Honorable Nelson Holmes of Ohio. Delegate to Republican Na...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 993, Van Vorhes, 29175 [crossed out], 1094 [crossed out], 838 [crossed out], A.H. Van Vorhes, X MC Ohio. ... More
Rollins, Honorable Edward Henry, Sen. of N.H. Chairman of N.H. delegat...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, inked on emulsion: D; penciled on emulsion: E.H. Rollins, Inter. Rev. Comm [?], 1061 [crossed out], 2341 [crossed out], 2496, 885 ... More
Columbus Delano, Honorable of Ohio. Delegate to Republican National Co...
A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ferry, Honorable Thomas White of Mich. Delegate ot the Republican Nat....
A black and white photo of a man with a long beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ferry, Honorable Thomas White of Mich. Delegate ot the Republican Nat....
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 316, T.W. Ferry, 29341 [crossed out], Michigan, 316. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Libr... More
Hunter, Honorable Morton Craig of Ind. Presidential elector on the Rep...
A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Patterson, Honorable John James of S.C. (Born in PA. 1830) Delegate to...
A couple of men sitting next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ferry, Honorable Thomas White of Mich. Delegate to Republican Nat. Con...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 282, Hon. Ferry, 1665 [crossed out], 955 [crossed out], 1128 [crossed out]. Credit line: Brady-Handy phot... More
Columbus Delano, Honorable of Ohio. Delegate to Republican National Co...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 2089, Coumbus Delano, 2342 [crossed out], 884 [crossed out]. Commissioner of Internal Revenue from March ... More
The Radical Convention in Philadelphia, September 3d, 1866
A racist poster attacking Republican gubernatorial candidate John White Geary for his support of black suffrage. (See also "The Constitutional Amendment!," no. 1866-5.) The artist purports to show the conventi... More
Honorable Morton Craig Hunter of Ind
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. .Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Hunter. Presidential elector on the Republican ticket of Lincoln and Hamlin in 1860. Corresponding print... 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
Arrival of the delegates to the Republican convention in Chicago / ske...
Group of delegates outside of building. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 12, no. 597 (1868 June 6), p. 360.
Let us have pease, ha, ha - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Cong...
A sheet music cover for a humorous song on the origins of Grant's campaign slogan, "Let Us Have Peace." In actuality, those were the closing words of his letter of May 29, 1868, accepting the Republican presid... More
[Low, Frederick Ferdinand, 1828-1894 half-lgth, (7), U.S. Minister to ...
Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 13, (1869 November 20), p. 749. Wood engraving after photoprint by Brady, Washington, D.C. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog... More
Family record / executed with a steel pen by J.S. Conover, Coldwater, ...
Print showing certificate for recording genealogical information; includes separately printed sheet (Republican Print, Coldwater, Mich.) of instructions prepared by J.S. Conover. Separate sheet, "Key to Conove... More
Chandler, Honorable William E. of N.H. (Secty of Navy)
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: E Chandler, 825 [crossed out], 3199 [crossed out], Republican Council. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograp... More
Léon Gambetta / Yves & Barret, sc. ; And. Gill.
French caricature of Léon Gambetta, French republican statesman, leaning on the back of a chair and looking up at vignettes of himself. He escaped the Siege of Paris in the balloon, "L'Armand Barbes" October 7,... More
What I know about raising the devil
Horace Greeley's famous and widely ridiculed 1871 pamphlet "What I Know of Farming" provided the pretext for the title here. With the tail and cloven hoof of a devil Greeley (center) leads a small band of Liber... More
In the hope that the American people may soon be, not merely united, b...
Print shows Horace Greeley, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right.Greeley was the Liberal Republican Party presidential candidate in the 1872 election. Caption continues: Chappaqua, July 6, 1872. ... More
"Any thing for revenge!" - a la commune / Th. Nast.
Group of men trying to pull down "The Republican column", a monument dedicated to U.S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, the Union, and incidents related to the Civil War. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 16, no. 813 (1872... More
[Charles H. Adams, Republican Congressman from New York, head-and-shou...
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ex-Governor Rutherford B. Hayes, Republican candidate for Governor of ...
Print shows Rutherford B. Hayes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Includes facsimile signature. F7350 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1875 by Jacob H. Studer, Publisher, Columbus, O.
Out of one into another? U.S. "Now don't be frightened into that trap"...
Cartoon relating to Republican defeat of Tammany Hall candidates in 1875 elections. Uncle Sam is warning elephant ("Republican vote") to avoid entering "Reformed Tammany Hall", having just emerged, sweating, fr... More
Tilden's "Wolf at the door, gaunt and hungry" - Don't let him in / Th....
Children trying to keep wolf, with collar "Democrat", and tag, "foreign Roman church," out of door with sign "The public-school system is the bulwark of the American republic and for its security the applicatio... More
Roll along, roll along, shout the campaign battle song
An illustrated sheet music cover for a song composed in honor of Republican presidential candidate Rutherford B. Hayes. Uncle Sam sits atop a hay wain labeled "Hayes." A large American flag with a liberty cap a... More
Is this a republican form of government? Is this protecting life, libe...
African American man kneeling by bodies of murdered African American people. In background sign reads, "the White Liners were here." Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1876 Sept. 2, p. 712.
National Republican chart 1876, portrait print
Print shows Rutherford B. Hayes, facing right, and William A. Wheeler, facing left, bust portraits, with cameo portraits of U.S. presidents from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant; includes text of the Repub... More
[William Aldrich, Republican Congressman from Illinois, head-and-shoul...
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Notre drapeau / Alfred Le Petit.
French caricature of Léon Gambetta, French republican statesman, holding the French flag and a telescope, seated atop a captive balloon, possibly at the Exposition universelle de 1878 in Paris. Caption below i... More
Pugsley, Ohio - Public domain portrait print
Photograph showing portrait of Rep. Jacob Joseph Pugsley, Republican from Ohio. From Brady negative.