Ballot boxes

A man labeled “Candidate for Senate,” holding wads of cash, stands in front of a sign that states “Sale of seats to the United States Senate has been prohibited.” Nearby the “Senatorial Box Office” has been boarded up and locked with a sign indicating “Closed.” Uncle Sam, as a police officer with a night stick labeled “Public Opinion,” is directing the man to the new entrance to the Senate, which is marked by the presence of a “Ballot Box” and a man labeled “Voter” standing next to the box. Caption: Uncle Sam — This way, Sir.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-08-06

Julius M. Mayer writes to President Roosevelt regarding the Attorney General’s Office for the State of New York, most likely referring to an issue surrounding ballot boxes and voting.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-09

Creator(s)

Mayer, Julius M., 1865-1925

A rotund Uncle Sam with “Belmont’s tips” in his back pocket looks at a shorter Uncle Sam that has a “guide to Taggart’s gambling resorts” in his back pocket. On the ground is a “ballot box” that is “stuffed to order.” Caption: In yesterday’s cartoon I showed the three Uncle Sams—the farmer, the merchant and the laboring man—who will elect Roosevelt. To-day’s cartoon shows the two Uncle Sams who are opposed to Roosevelt.— Homer Davenport.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-03

Creator(s)

Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912

Uncle Sam reads Alton B. Parker’s telegram to William F. Sheehan about the gold standard and looks at Parker’s votes for William Jennings Bryan in the ballot boxes of 1896 and 1900.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-13

Creator(s)

Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912

Mississippi Representative John Sharp Williams holds a ballot box to an Igorrote tribesman from the Philippines while an African American man faces a “Southern ballot” box that is locked shut. Caption: John Sharp Williams has a ballot box for the Igorrote, but none for the Mississippi Negro.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-24

Creator(s)

Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912

On the left side, D. Cady Herrick is depicted as an angel. Caption: Herrick, the candidate. On the right side, Herrick wears a suit with a number of tags: “a desperate political operator” (The Sun), “an impropriety, a scandal,” (The Times), and “the associate of low and disreputable ward politicians” (The World). A “stuffed ballot box” runs after him and says, “You can’t lose me, D-Cady.” Caption: Herrick, the boss. The Angelic Herrick refuses to shake the hand of the political boss, who asks “What! Have you forgotten ME?”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-03

Creator(s)

Triggs, Floyd W. (Floyd Wilding), -1919

Voters watch as August Belmont points to an illustration of Alton B. Parker who wears a “trusts” chain around his chest on the side of a circus tent. Verbiage reads, “The Democratic giant guarantees to break the chain by chest expansion.” In Parker’s hands are two weights, “sound money” and “clean politics.” Similarly, Henry Gassaway Davis holds a barrel that reads, “millions for the purification of politics. Not.” Verbiage around him reads, “The Hercules of West Virginia.” David B. Hill sits by a “ballot box” and holds a paper that reads, “After this performance, I shall retire from the show business. D. B. Hill.” Several men hide in the tent, including Parker, who holds a “political graft” weight; Thomas Taggart, who holds “gambling trust magnate” cards; Davis, who holds a “West Va. Coal Trust price” rock; Grover Cleveland; and Arthur P. Gorman.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-15

Creator(s)

Zimmerman, Eugene, 1862-1935

A man, possibly Joseph Pulitzer, dressed as a jester and holding papers labeled “Income Tax Law,” stands before a woman labeled “Democracy” sitting in a chair labeled “Congress.” “Democracy” holds a quill pen in her hand and appears to be pondering whether to sign the bill. In the background, a man with a ballot box for a head and with one finger raised tells her not to sign the bill.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1894-02-07

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

Uncle Sam stands on a platform next to a ballot box where three men are casting their votes. One man is labeled “Loyalist” and is voting for the “Monarch”; the other two are casting votes for “Autonomy” and the “Republic.” In the crowd, at the base of the platform, are the flag of Cuban independence labeled “Republic,” a flag labeled “Autonomy,” and the flag of Spain labeled “Monarchy.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-05-04

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Pope Leo XIII climbs through a ballot box in an effort to get to the sign on the wall that states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion–Constitution.” Other notices pasted on a wall in the background state, “Every Catholic should rigidly adhere to the teachings of the Roman pontiffs…”; “All Catholics should do all in their power to cause the Constitutions of States and legislation to be modeled in the principles of the true church”; and “All Catholics … must penetrate wherever possible in the administration of civil affairs.” Each is noted as a “Papal Encyclical.” Caption: Through the ballot-box to the Constitution.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-11-18

Creator(s)

Zimmerman, Eugene, 1862-1935