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Rutherford B. Hayes

Date: 1881
Description: Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (1877-1881). Born in Delaware, Ohio on October 4, 1822, he died on January 17, 1893 in Fremont, O...
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Chester A. Arthur

Date: 1885
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Chester A. Arthur, the 21st President of the United States. Arthur was born on October 5, 1829 in Fairfield, Vermont, and di...
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Convention Press Ticket

Date: 1884
Description: Press ticket for the Republican National Convention in Chicago, decorated with an engraving of the White House.
Poster

Harrison Souvenir

Date: 1888
Description: Souvenir placard issued by the Kreuz & Curtis shoe store of Madison, Wisconsin, probably to commemorate the presidential election victory of Benjamin Harri...
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Garfield Inaugural Invitation

Date: 1881
Description: Engraved invitation to the reception and promenade concert held in celebration of the election of President James A. Garfield (left) and Vice President Che...
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Republican Ticket

Date: 1888
Description: Republican Party ticket distributed in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, in support of the candidacy of Benjamin Harrison and his running mate Levi P. Morton. ...
Magazine or Periodical

"Victory" for the Republican Party

Date: 11 20 1880
Description: The United States presidential election of 1880 was largely seen as a referendum on the Republicans' relaxation of Reconstruction efforts in the southern s...
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Republican Presidential Nomination Candidates

Date: 06 05 1884
Description: Engraved portraits of candidates for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Chester A. Arthur, General John A. Logan, George Franklin Edmunds, and James G...
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John C. Freemont

Date: 01 1885
Description: Illustration of John C. Freemont, the first presidential candidate of the Republican party.
Photograph

Arrival of Delegates to the Republican National Convention

Date: 1880
Description: Illustration of the arrival in a train station of the Maine and New Hampshire delegations to the National Republican Convention.
Photograph

Republican National Convention

Date: 06 1880
Description: Illustration of Honorary George F. Hoar addressing a huge crowd of delegates at the National Republican Convention.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Political Cartoon Comparing Platforms

Date: 1884
Description: Political cartoon comparing the Democratic Platform with the Republican Platform. The cartoon (Democratic) on the left depicts a poor family wearing rags i...
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Republican Presidential Nomination Candidates

Date: 06 05 1884
Description: Engraved portraits of candidates for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Robert T. Lincoln, General William T. Sherman, General Joseph Roswell Hawley, ...
Drawing

Republican National Convention

Date: 06 1880
Description: Illustration of the Interstate Exposition Building,the site of the Republican National Convention.
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Scenes and Incidents at the Republican National Convention

Date: 06 03 1884
Description: Illustrations=s of the Republican National Convention. The main drawing shows an outside view with the caption "Scene in front of the convention building d...
Book or Pamphlet

Political Parties, 1789-1880

Date: 1880
Description: Foldout chart illustrating the political parties of the United States, beginning with the colonial era. The explanation on the chart is as follows:

The s...

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Seipp's Beer Advertising Card

Date: 1884
Description: A card advertising Conrad Seipp's Brewery of Chicago. Features a caricature of United States political figures of 1884, including, seated at the table from...
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Portrait of James T. Lewis

Date: 1889
Description: Quarter-length portrait of James T. Lewis. Lewis was Wisconsin's 9th governor and one of the four governors of Wisconsin during the war.
Photograph

Governor Jeremiah Rusk

Date: 1883
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Jeremiah Rusk, the 15th governor of Wisconsin.
Photograph

Dwight May Sabin

Date: 1886
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Dwight May Sabin, a Republican U.S. Senator from Minnesota.

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