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On the left a man labeled “Tariff Coddled Manufacturer” votes with one hand and receives a bribe in the other, in the form of a “High-Protection Schedule,” from a large hand labeled “Rep. Congress” extending above the U.S. Capitol. On the right a diminutive man votes with one hand and receives money with the other from a man leaning out of a saloon. Caption: It’s only a question of size.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-09-05
William Jennings Bryan, as a farmer, drives a wagon packed high with farm produce labeled “Popularity” past a signpost labeled “to 1908 Market.” The wagon is drawn by a diminutive donkey struggling to pull the weight. Caption: Can he keep his vegetables fresh till he gets there?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-08-29
Several small boats race on a calm sea for the “Nomination Stake Boat.” In the boats are William H. Taft in the “Gnat” under the banner “Buckeye Y.C.,” Joseph Gurney Cannon in the “Scat” under the banner “Danville Y.C.,” Charles W. Fairbanks in the boat “Ice King” under the banner “Big Darby Y.C.,” Leslie M. Shaw in the boat “Pshaw,” and Elihu Root in the boat “Root.” The face of Theodore Roosevelt fills the sun, smiling down on the becalmed racers.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-07-18
A large man carrying golf clubs and a small piece of luggage, and holding goggles and a coat, with the railroad station in the background, asks who won the election. A diminutive boy is selling newspapers at his feet. Caption: The returned “Good Citizen” — Well, who was elected?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-11-08
New York City mayor Seth Low, as a lion tamer holding a whip, stands next to the Tammany Tiger which is bound in ribbons labeled “Civic Honesty, Fusion, Decent Government, Municipal Reforms, [and] Local Improvements.” Standing in the background is Charles F. Murphy, Tammany Hall boss, holding a large pair of scissors labeled “Election 1903.” Later in the year, Low would lose the election for mayor to George B. McClellan Jr.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-09-30
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.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-08-06
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes to W. H. Emery about the differences between the three political parties participating in the 1912 elections. The secretary emphasizes that both William H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson would bring with them political bosses while Theodore Roosevelt will not. The secretary promises to pass Emery’s letter on to the Progressive Party headquarters.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-29
President Roosevelt evaluates the conflict between Representative Parsons and Representative Jacob Van Vechten Olcott, who have both declared their candidacy for chairman of the County Committee in New York. Although Roosevelt knows that both men are independent, the public perceives them as being representatives of opposing factions within the state Republican party. If Parsons issues a statement declaring his independence from both Benjamin B. Odell and Senator Thomas Collier Platt, Roosevelt will advise Olcott to withdraw from the race.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-27
President Roosevelt believes that, as long as all of the Republican nominees at every level are “of the highest type,” they will be victorious. Roosevelt anticipates renewed Democratic activity and pretensions, but Alton B. Parker will not be enough for a Democratic revival.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-08
President Roosevelt thanks General Agnus for his telegram and is pleased about Maryland and believes that there is a chance to carry the state.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-08
Chairman Adams writes to President Roosevelt describing the North Carolina Republican State Convention. Adams was elected chairman of the state Republican Party at the convention and believes the convention was a success. Adams assures Roosevelt that as chairman, he will not allow patronage hiring. He asserts that Roosevelt is very popular with the people of North Carolina and if harmony persists in the Republican Party, it will have great success in North Carolina.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-12
Nicholas Murray Butler responds to President Roosevelt’s letter on the political situation in Illinois and gives his opinion on Leigh S. J. Hunt, Wisconsin politics, and diplomatic representatives in Cuba and Mexico.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-19
New York Representative James Wolcott Wadsworth is said to be planning his candidacy for Congress again next year. The details of his plan to regain his seat through “pulling wires” in the Republican Party and “handicapping” Representative Peter A. Porter are given.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-05
Governor William Sulzer sits in a horse-drawn wagon labeled “Direct Primaries,” between William Randolph Hearst and President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-05-29
Richard Croker as the Tammany Tiger holds a measuring tape up to Charles A. Dana, Oswald Ottendorfer, and A. Oakey Hall. Caption: Tammany ought to seek among its oldest and staunchest supporters for a mayoralty candidate who will come up to Seth Low’s measurements.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-09-29
Thomas B. Reed, in the role of “Lohengrin,” arrives to rescue “Elsa” as the “Republican Party of New York,” with Thomas Collier Platt in the role of “Telramund” and Lemuel E. Quigg in the role of “Ortrud,” his wife. They are all at the gate of a castle and a swan labeled “Aspiration” is in a moat at far left. Caption: “The Republican Elsa would gladly be rescued from her oppressors.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-12-15
Richard Croker sits at a table, sharpening a large knife. On the table is a large turkey labeled “Patronage of Greater N.Y.” on a platter. A small dog labeled “Platt,” sitting on a hassock next to the table, is begging for scraps. A portrait of Mayor Van Wyck hangs on the wall behind Croker.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-11-24
A fashionably dressed young woman with long ribbons labeled “Greater New York” stands on a floating shell on “Political Waters” with Thomas Collier Platt and Richard Croker as mermen.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-11-10
Benjamin F. Tracy is a cat who burned his paws on a hot stove labeled “Mayoralty Campaign 1897,” on which food labeled “Budget of Greater New York 70,000,000 Dollars” is cooking. Thomas Collier Platt is a hurdy-gurdy monkey sitting on a stool in the background. Caption: The Cat–(in a tone of great pain) M-i-e-a-o-u! Mee-yow!!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-11-10
The Tammany tiger, well-dressed and sitting on top of a scale model of a building labeled “Tammany Hall,” has made a puppet by tying a stick labeled “Platt’s Dummy,” with the head of Benjamin F. Tracy, to the end of its tail.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-11-03