Object Details
- associated person
- Cleveland, Grover
- depicted (sitter)
- Cleveland, Frances Folsom
- Thurman, Allen G.
- Description
- These cards are from a deck which promoted the 1888 re-election campaign of Grover Cleveland, the Democratic nominee for president. Cleveland is featured as each of the four kings. First Lady Frances Folsom Cleveland is shown as the queen in each suit. The jacks are Senator Allen Thurman of Ohio, Cleveland's vice presidential running mate. The joker features a rooster, a popular symbol of the Democratic party after 1840. Such cards were a common way of merchandizing during elections, representing profitable sales items for manufacturers, and easy ways of declaring political interest and allegiance by Americans.
- Cleveland lost his re-election bid to the Republic nominee, Benjamin Harrison, former senator from Indiana. Cleveland returned the favor, defeating Harrison in his re-election run in 1892.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Paul Beckwith
- c. 1884
- ID Number
- PL.126106
- accession number
- 21245
- catalog number
- 126106
- Object Name
- cards
- Card deck
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- National Museum of American History
- used
- Political Campaigns
- Political Campaigns
- Record ID
- nmah_501199
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-fb8d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
