Journal of the Senate at the first session of the General Assembly of ...
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Grand match between the Kinderhook poney and the Ohio ploughman
A satire on the presidential contest of 1836, using the metaphor of a billiards game between Whig candidate William Henry Harrison (left) and Democrat Martin Van Buren. The artist is clearly on the side of Harr... More
Uncle Sam sick with la grippe - Drawing. Public domain image.
A satire attributing the dire fiscal straits of the nation to Andrew Jackson's banking policies, with specific reference to recent bank failures in New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia. The artist blames th... More
Disturbing a martin's nest - Public domain portrait painting
A satire on the Van Buren administration's involvement in New York State politics. Although the precise context of the cartoon is unclear, specific reference is made to Van Buren's alliance with postmaster gene... More
Full tilt for the Capitol - Public domain book illustration
The artist envisions public repudiation of Democratic hard-money policies, and the triumph of administration opponent Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, a conservative Democrat. Tallmadge, on horseback and armed with a l... More
The death of locofocoism - Political cartoon, public domain image
In his satire Johnston celebrates the defeat of "Loco Foco," i.e., radical Democratic interests, in the presidential election of 1840. The "Loco Focos" were the largely working-class constituency who supported... More
North Bend game cock - Political cartoon, public domain image
A Whig campaign print glorifying presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. The title derives from the candidate's farm on the North Bend of the Ohio River. The game cock has a dual significance: as an all... More
American sympathy and Irish backguardism, Political Cartoon
A critical look at Irish Repeal movement leader Daniel O'Connell's condemnation of slavery in the United States. Clay portrays O'Connell's agitation against slavery as an affront to American friends of repeal, ... More
Matty meeting the Texas question, Political Cartoon
A satire on the Democrats' approach to the delicate question of the annexation of Texas. In marked contrast to his portrayal of the issue as a beautiful woman in "Virtuous Harry" (no. 1844-27), the artist here ... More
Political Jesuitism--or interest versus principle
A virulent attack on Vice-President George M. Dallas, charging the former Pennsylvania attorney and senator with duplicity in his stand on the tariff of 1846. "Jesuitism" was a strong contemporary term for dece... More
Cass & his cabinet in 1849 - Political cartoon, public domain image
The satire imputes to the Democrats of 1848, led by candidate Lewis Cass, the corrupt practices of the Van Buren-era party. The artist also criticizes Whig repudiation of stalwart party leader Henry Clay in fav... More
The Democratic funeral of 1848 - Political cartoon, public domain imag...
Foreseeing political death for the Democrats in the election, the artist imagines a funeral of the party's standard-bearers with a procession of the faithful. Democratic senators (left to right) Sam Houston of ... More
Whig harmony - Political cartoon, public domain image
A severe split within the Whig ranks, between partisans of Henry Clay and those of Zachary Taylor, preceded the party's convention in June 1848. Here Horace Greeley, one of Clay's most influential northern supp... More
A correct chart of Salt River - Public domain book illustration
"Salt River," the fictitious river of political doom, is charted here as a meandering stream of Democratic misfortunes. The chart was purportedly "prepared by Father Ritchie," i.e., Democratic editor and Polk a... More
Worrying the bull - Political cartoon, public domain image
In a ring a large bull, wearing a ribbon marked "The Rough & Ready" between its horns, faces five matadors. The bull represents Zachary Taylor, nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready." The matadors are prominent Whigs,... More
The sad parting between two old friends
Senators Thomas Hart Benton and Henry S. Foote are paired here in a facetious farewell scene, as Benton departs the "Shop of the Senate." In reality Benton lost his Senate seat in a January 1851 election, large... More
A magnificent offer to a magnificent officer
A cartoon ridiculing Whig nominee Winfield Scott as the pawn of New York antislavery senator William Seward. A member of the "Whig Committee" kneels before Scott and offers him a crown and a bag of money marked... 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
Experiments on the tight rope - Political cartoon, public domain image
A figurative portrayal of Whig candidate Winfield Scott's failure in the 1852 presidential contest, attributed by the artist to his alliance with abolitionist interests. Scott is hoisted aloft via a pulley sys... More
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
Pilgrims of the Rhine-O! - Political cartoon, public domain image
Whig presidential candidate Winfield Scott and his party pursue an abolitionist course leading toward Salt River and political doom. New York senator and antislavery advocate William Seward appears as a poodle ... More
Honorable Samuel C. Pomeroy. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Kansas; Sen. from Kansas; B. in Mass. 1816; D. in Mass. 1891; Mayor of Atchison, Kansas in 1859; Elected to U.S. Senate, served from 1861-73; resided in Was... 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 Jas Harlan. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War pe...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. M.C. Iowa. Presented credentials as a Whig Senator elect to U.S. Senate and took seat Dec. 31, 1855, owing to irregularities in the legislative proceedings ... More
Liberty, the fair maid of Kansas--in the hands of the "border ruffians...
A bitter indictment of the Democratic administration's responsibility for violence and bloodshed in Kansas in the wake of the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act. (See also "Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler... More
Forcing slavery down the throat of a freesoiler
The artist lays on the Democrats the major blame for violence perpetrated against antislavery settlers in Kansas in the wake of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Here a bearded "freesoiler" has been bound to the "Democr... More
Brady's political photography, Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.
Photograph shows a composite photograph of the members of the thirty-sixth Senate; Jefferson Davis (first figure, second row), Southern secessionists Judah P. Benjamin, (third from the left, fifth row from the ... More
United States Senate / M. B. Brady.
Composite photograph showing 68 Senators of the 36th Congress. Key to portraits is available in LOT 11507. Handwritten on front of mount: Deposited in Clerk's office Southern Dist. New York, Sept. 20, 1859. Cop... More
Honorable Austin Franklin Pike of N.H
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Sen. Austin F. Pike, N.H. B. Hebron, N.H. 1819; d. Franklin, N.H., 1886; admitted to Bar in 1845; member ... 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
The Senate as a Court of Impeachment for the Trial of Andrew Johnson
Wood engraving after T.R. Davis. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 12, 1868, p. 232-3. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Formal notice of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, by the House Commi...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 14 March 1868. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Congress ; Pres.; B.I. (2); U.S. Hist. 1868.
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
U.S. Senators, 43d Congress / Redington & Shaffer, Landscape Photograp...
Photograph showing members of the 43rd Congress, U.S. Capitol building. 2417 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption below title reads: Taken Thursday, February 12th, 1874, at East Senate Portico of the Capitol. Additio... More
15--14--13. The great presidential puzzle / J.A. Wales.
Illustration shows Senator Roscoe Conkling, leader of the Stalwarts group of the Republican Party, playing a puzzle game. All blocks in the puzzle are the heads of the potential Republican presidential candidat... More
Nursing our infant industries / F. Graetz.
Illustration shows several congressmen and senators dressed as women nursing symbols of American industry; Sherman and Blaine feeding "American Swine" as it sits on a rocking horse, William D. Kelley, known as ... More
A dreadful attack of "presidential fever" in the U.S. Senate / F. Oppe...
Illustration shows Puck in the Senate chamber, among many senators sick with "Presidential Fever"; Puck is offering a spoonful of "Anti-Presidential Quinine" to John Sherman. Among the senators present are Wade... More
50th Congress Ohio delegation / Brady & Handy Photo Wash D.C.
Composite photograph of the two senators and twenty-one members of the house of representatives comprising the Ohio delegation of the 50th Congress.
The Crown covers a multitude of shortcomings Sir James (G.B.) "No one ...
Cartoon shows former Senator James G. Blaine as a heavy-set man in a loud plaid suit with unkempt hair, a white beard, a monocle, and spats. Next to him can be seen the rear of a lion with a crown labeled "Jim... More
Caricature, Next!! / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image
Print shows a prisoner labeled "McKane" sitting on a bench labeled "Reserved for Bosses who Steal Elections" at Sing Sing prison; McKane is holding a large pair of scissors, a measuring tape, fabric and thread,... More
"The right man in the right place" / F.M.H.
Print shows Stephen B. Elkins walking down an aisle in the "U.S. Senate", holding a "Certificate of Election to U.S. Senate - Stephen B. Elkins"; seated on the left are "Teller - Senator on Cash Basis" and "Smi... More
Shrunk to their proper size at last - an edifying sight in the United ...
Print shows members of the U.S. Senate looking down on five diminutive members seated in the front, they are identified as "Hill Repudiated by New York", "Murphy Repudiated by New York", "Gorman Repudiated by M... More
Mutual sympathy / F.M. Hutchins., Political Cartoon
Print shows John Bull and Uncle Sam, both bent under the weight of the governing bodies that they are carrying on their backs with papers labeled "Hereditary Right to Obstruct Legislation" and "Senatorial Rules... More
Puck magazine cover - Pennsylvania's disgrace / Dalrymple.
Print shows Matthew Quay, senator from Pennsylvania and political boss of dubious character, standing at a podium labeled "Keystone Auction Rooms Matt. Quay Auctioneer" auctioning off Pennsylvania's 32 electora... More
Last ghost-dance of the free silver tribe - just before being sent to ...
Print shows a Native encampment of the Democrat/Populist presidential candidate and his followers dancing around a campfire labeled "Repudiation"; depicted are, from left, "Peffer, Jerry Simpson, Teller, Vest, ... More
Illinois Senate in session, 40 General Assembly, May 6, 1897
Attributed to Geo. R. Lawrence Co. on basis of format, subject matter, and association with this LOT.
"He that entereth not by the door--" / Keppler.
Print shows a man with a slip of paper in his pocket that states "Senator-Elect from--", stepping off a barrel labeled with a "$", and climbing through an open window to a building labeled "U.S. Senate"; the do... More
In the Senate, March 25, 1898--Reading the President's message on the ...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 42 (1898 April 9), p. 344.
Monopoly Committee begins study of steel industry. Washington, D.C., N...
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Scan president's message on Judiciary. Washington D.C. No President's ...
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Bryan Mawr professor tells Senate Neutrality Group Thomas Act needs am...
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Senate and House leaders. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Senator Joseph T. ...
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Senator from Delaware. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Senator James Hugh[....
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State Senator Frawley - Public domain portrait photograph
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Pennsylvania Senators. Washington, D.C., Mar. 14. Apparently unworried...
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Popular press conference. Washington, D.C., July 14. Most popular of t...
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William H. Stauffer. Commissioner of Public Welfare (Virginia), Sen. R...
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Heads new Radio Correspondents Association. Washington, D.C., May 12. ...
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Victorious purgees shelve administration's neutrality legislation for ...
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Terrorism witness before Senate. Washington, D.C. Jan. 15. Yelverton C...
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Columbia professor endorses Thomas Amendment. Washington, D.C., May 8....
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S.R.O. sign out as Monopoly Committee opens hearings. Washington, D.C....
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Former Secretary of State warns Senate against broad presidential disc...
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Senate 'Beau Brummel' meets gentlemen of the press. Washington, D.C., ...
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In spotlight at Senate Railroad Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. J....
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Kansas legislator congratulated on 75th birthday. Washington, D.C., Ju...
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Federal Reserve Board Committee before Senate Committee. Washington, D...
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Brass industrialist tells Monopoly Committee they 'follow the leader a...
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New Senator from New Jersey. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. William H. Sma...
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Sen. Robinson, LaFollette, McKinley, McKellar and Swanson
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Now let me think. Washington, D.C. Jan. 15. Francis Ward Paine, Senior...
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From oiler to member of Congress. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. From the ...
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New S.E.C. Commissioner takes oath. Washington, D.C., May 18. Leon Hen...
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Senate Committee on Governmental Reorganization. Washington, D.C. Jan ...
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Charges new Michigan State Senator is a Communist. Washington, D.C., N...
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Vice President Garner administers oath to new Florida Senators. Washin...
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At Civil Liberties hearing. Washington, D.C. Jan. 14. Borden Burr, Cou...
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Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, left, co-chairman of the Monopoly Investi...
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New Senator from New Jersey. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. William H. Sma...
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New Democratic Senators welcomed. Washington, D.C. Jan. 4. Senator Jos...
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Senate Committee questions DuPont. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Lammont D...
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Ickes confers with Senators on Nat. Aud. Washington D.C. Secretary of ...
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New prohibition law asked for Alaska. Washington D.C. Consumption of l...
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Rep. Hatton Summers; Rep. Albert Thomas; Capt. J.W. Flanagan; Rep. Sam...
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Examine first evidence offered to Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C....
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William Green, Pres. of A.F. of L. & Justin Miller, appearing before S...
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Senate Chamber, state capitol, Annapolis, Md.
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Examine first evidence offered to Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C....
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McKinley's Ohio home yields wood for gavel. Garner made gift by Commer...
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Masons parade for sesquicentennial. Grand Master Paul B. Cromelin; Sen...
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Secretary Wallace at Senate Banking and Currency Committee. Washington...
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General Trujillo given luncheon at Capitol. Washington, D.C., July 7. ...
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Col. G.F. Buckingham, Sen: McKinley, Swanson, and Robinson
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Public is 'willing and ready' to accept additional taxes to support de...
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Dean of House is host to Governor of Illinois. Washington D.C. Rep. A....
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At farm conference. Washington D.C. Opening a conference with more tha...
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Secretary Wallace boosts president's suggestion for rural security loa...
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Last-minute huddle. Washington, D.C., Dec. 8. Harvey D. Gibson, (stand...
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Washington, D.C., July 12. An informal picture of Sen. John G. Townsen...
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Wall Streeter and occassional Administration Advisor opens new monopol...
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