19th Century Elections

1796 and 1816 Elections
Top: James Monroe
Democratic-Republican
President: 1816-1820
Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins
Portrait of James Monroe
Engraving, Unknown Artist, No Date
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
Bottom: John Adams
Federalist
President: 1796-1800
Vice President: Thomas Jefferson
Portrait of John Adams
Reverse Painting on Glass, Unknown Artist, No Date
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
1836 and 1840 Elections
Martin Van Buren
Democratic Candidate : 1836 & 1840
Running Mate: Richard M. Johnson
Lithograph, Published by Nathaniel Currier
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
William H. Harrison
Whig Candidate: 1836 & 1840
Running Mates: Francis Granger, John Tyler
Battle of Tippecanoe. Lithograph, Published by Nathaniel Currier
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
1844 Election
James G. Birney
Liberty Party Candidate: 1844
Running Mate: Thomas Morris
Lithograph, Published by Nathaniel Currier, 1844
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
Henry Clay
National Republican & Whig Party Candidate: 1832 & 1844
Running Mates: Theodore Frelinghuysen, John Sergeant
Lithograph, Published by Nathaniel Currier, 1844
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
James K. Polk
Democratic Candidate: 1844
Running Mate: George M. Dallas
Lithograph, Published by Nathaniel Currier, 1844
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
1848 Election
Lewis Cass
Democratic Candidate: 1848
Running Mate: William O. Butler
Lithograph, Published by Nathaniel Currier
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
Martin Van Buren
Free Soil Candidate: 1848
Running Mate: Charles F. Adams
Lithograph, Published by Kelloy & Comstock
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
Zachary Taylor
Whig Candidate: 1848
Running Mate: Millard Fillmore
Lithograph, Published by Nathaniel Currier
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
1852 Election
Franklin Pierce
Democratic Candidate: 1852
Running Mate: William R. King
Lithograph, Published by Nathaniel Currier, 1852
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
Winfield Scott
Whig Candidate: 1852
Running Mate: William R. Graham
Lithograph, Published by Nathaniel Currier, 1852
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
John P. Hale
Free Soil Party Candidate: 1852
Running Mate: George Washington Julian
Lithograph, Published by Currier & Ives, 1852
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
1856 Election
James Buchanan
Democratic Candidate: 1856
Running Mate: John C. Breckinridge
Lithograph, Published by Nathaniel Currier, 1856
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
John C. Fremont
Republican Candidate: 1856
Running Mate: William L. Dayton
Lithograph, Published by Nathaniel Currier, 1856
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
Millard Fillmore
American (Know-Nothing) Party Candidate: 1856
Running Mate: Andrew J. Donelson
Lithograph, Published by Nathaniel Currier, 1856
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
1860 Election
Stephen A. Douglas
Democratic Candidate: 1860
Running Mate: Herschel V. Johnson
Lithograph, Published by Currier & Ives, 1860
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
Abraham Lincoln
Republican Candidate: 1860
Running Mate: Hannibal Hamlin
Lithograph, Published by Nathaniel Currier, 1860
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
John Bell
Constitutional Union Party Candidate: 1860
Running Mate: Edward Everett
Lithograph, Published by Currier & Ives, 1860
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
John C. Breckinridge
Southern Democratic Party Candidate: 1860
Running Mate: Joseph Lane
Lithograph, Published by Currier & Ives, 1860
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
1861 - The Civil War Period, Confederate Presidency
Jefferson F. Davis
President of the Confederate States: 1861-1865
Vice President: Alexander H. Stephens
Artifacts gifted by of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
1864 Election
Gen. John C. Fremont
Radical Democracy Party Candidate: 1864
Running Mate: Gen. John Cochrane
Lithograph, Published by Currier & Ives, 1864
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
George B. McClellan
Democratic Candidate: 1864
Running Mate: George H. Pendleton
Lithograph, Published by Currier & Ives
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
Abraham Lincoln
National Union Party Candidate: 1864
Running Mate: Andrew Johnson
Lithograph, Published by Currier & Ives, 1864
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
1868 Election
Horatio Seymour
Democratic Candidate: 1868
Running Mate: Francis P. Blair Jr.
Lithograph, Published by Currier & Ives, 1868
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
Ulysses S. Grant
Republican Candidate: 1868
Running Mate: Schuyler Colfax
Lithograph, Published by Currier & Ives, 1868
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
1872 Election
Horace Greeley
Democratic & Liberal Republican Party Candidate: 1872
Running Mate: Benjamin Gratz Brown
Lithograph, Published by Currier & Ives, 1872
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
Ulysses S. Grant
Republican Candidate: 1872
Running Mate: Henry Wilson
The Working Man’s Banner.
Lithograph, Published by Currier & Ives, 1872
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
1876 Election
Samuel J. Tilden
Democratic Candidate: 1876
Running Mate: Thomas A. Hendricks
Lithograph, Published by Currier & Ives, 1876
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007
Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican Candidate: 1876
Running Mate: William A. Wheeler
Lithograph, Published by Currier & Ives, 1876
Gift of Cecelia and U.I. “Chick” Harris, 2007