“Evacuation day” March 4th, 1885 – a Democratic dream
Subject(s): Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886, Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898, Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887, Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893, Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893, Cameron, J. D. (James Donald), 1833-1918, Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908, Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888, Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897, Edmunds, George F. (George Franklin), 1828-1919, Folger, Charles J. (Charles James), 1818-1884, Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885, Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886, Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893, Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrews), 1819-1885, Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904, Kelly, John, 1821-1886, Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926, Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886, Pulitzer, Joseph, 1847-1911, Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912, Robeson, George M. (George Maxwell), 1829-1897, Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906, Sherman, John, 1823-1900, Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886, Watterson, Henry, 1840-1921
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Print shows the Republican Party, led by Chester A. Arthur, laying down their arms, with George M. Robeson, James G. Blaine, Roscoe Conkling, Whitelaw Reid, Carl Schurz, John Sherman, Charles J. Folger, Robert T. Lincoln, John A. Logan, Ulysses S. Grant, James D. Cameron, George F. Hoar, George F. Edmunds, and Henry Ward Beecher, exiting a citadel in the background. They are surrendering the presidency to the Democratic Party, led by newspaper editors Joseph Pulitzer of the N.Y. World, Charles A. Dana, and Henry Watterson. Samuel J. Tilden “Old Ticket,” Benjamin F. Butler, Grover Cleveland, Thomas Hendricks, Winfield Scott Hancock, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Thomas F. Bayard are on horseback, and Tammany Hall, led by John Kelly, marches under the banner “To the Victors Belong the Spoils.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1883-11-21
Creator(s)
Publication Date
2014-04-23
Period
New York State Assemblyman (1882-May 1884)
Original Collection
Prints and Photographs division
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
“Evacuation day” March 4th, 1885 – a Democratic dream. [November 21, 1883?]. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287846. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896. “Evacuation day” March 4th, 1885 – a Democratic dream. [21 Nov. 1883?]. Image. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. October 29, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287846.
APA:
Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896.: , [1883, November 21?]. “Evacuation day” March 4th, 1885 – a Democratic dream. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287846.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. October 29, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
