Election Poster, 1864

Object Details

depicted (sitter): Lincoln, Abraham; Johnson, Andrew; Pendleton, George Hunt; McClellan, George B.

Description: This 1864 election poster shows portraits of the candidates for president and vice president, their parties’ platforms, and the candidates’ letters accepting their parties’ nominations.; Lincoln had good reason to doubt his chances for reelection. No president since Andrew Jackson in 1832 had won a second term.; The Democratic Party nominated Gen. George McClellan, whom Lincoln had removed from command. McClellan ran on an anti-Lincoln and anti-Emancipation Proclamation platform and left open the possibility of a negotiated peace with the South.; As the election approached, Union triumphs on the battlefield helped propel Lincoln to victory. He declared the election results a mandate to press on for an unconditional victory and a constitutional amendment to end slavery.; Gift of Ralph E. Becker, 1974
Location: Currently not on view

Physical Description: paper (overall material); white; pink; blue with black type (overall color)
Measurements: overall: 38 1/4 in x 28 1/2 in; 97.155 cm x 72.39 cm

Related Publication: Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life

See more items in: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection; Government, Politics, and Reform; Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection; Princeton Posters

National Museum of American History

general subject association: Presidential Candidates; Elections; Political Campaigns
related event: Presidential Campaign of 1864

GUID (Link to Original Record): https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-522d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa