“Gettin’ Awful Crowded!”
The Democratic race to challenge Republican President Calvin Coolidge in 1924 opened up when front-runner William McAdoo proved weaker than expected. This cartoon by...
“Golfing Season”
After a divisive primary, a political party may be unable to unite voters behind the chosen candidate in the general election. In 1924, Calvin Coolidge, the incumbent...
Message from the International Working Men’s Association
The International Working Men’s Association congratulated Lincoln on his re-election in 1864. Among the signatures—Karl Marx.
“Nearing the End of the Primaries”
Today candidates usually secure their party’s nomination during the primary season, and the nominating convention merely provides the party’s official stamp of...
No winner?
The vote by the Electoral College in the 1824 Presidential election did not give any candidate a majority. Even though Andrew Jackson won more votes than John Quincy...
Not Exactly a Landslide
The Presidential election of 1860 was a four-way race among Republican Abraham Lincoln, Democrats Stephen A. Douglas and John Breckinridge, and Constitutional Union...
Planning for a second term
Just days before the 1976 election, James E. Conner, Secretary to the Cabinet, wrote this cover letter (page one of two) to President Gerald Ford. The attached papers...