Object Details
- associated person
- Jefferson, Thomas
- Adams, John
- Description
- This cloth banner celebrates the electoral victory of Thomas Jefferson over John Adams in the presidential election of 1800. The banner is believed to be one of the earliest surviving textiles carrying partisan imagery, created at the dawn of the first American party system in which power passed from Federalists to Jeffersonian Republicans. Its imagery celebrates Jefferson's electoral victory, while denigrating Adams, his opponent. The banner pictures Jefferson's likeness below an eagle with a streamer in its beak that proclaims, "T. Jefferson President of the United States of America / John Adams is no more."
- Credit Line
- Ralph E. Becker
- 1800
- associated date
- 1800
- ID Number
- PL.227739.1800.C01
- catalog number
- 227739.1800.C01
- accession number
- 227739
- Object Name
- banner
- Physical Description
- linen (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 30 in x 37 in; 76.2 cm x 93.98 cm
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Textiles
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- Politics
- related event
- Presidential Campaign of 1800
- Record ID
- nmah_529033
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-5b71-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
