Republican platform, or the political mountebank

Title:: Republican platform, or the political mountebank
Description:: Election of 1868. U. S. Grant, the Republican candidate balances himself on a narrow platform supported by Horace Greeley on one end and a black man on the other. His balancing rod, marked "U.S. Treasury" spews greenbacks out on one end and gold coin out the other. This refers to the "Ohio idea" for restoring monetary stability. Grant defeated the Democratic candidate Horatio Seymour by a very slim margin in the popular vote and a huge margin in the electoral college.
Date:: 1868
Format:: Prints
Genre:: Political cartoons
Lithographs
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Compromise of 1850 to Fort Sumter. Cartoon & caricature (shelf locator)
Collection (local):: Americana Collection
Subjects:: Presidential elections
Monetary policy
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Extent:: 1 print : lithograph ; 14 x 18 1/2 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/9880w887p
Terms of Use:: No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.

Publisher:: New York : Entered according to act of Congress by John McDermott
Language:: English
Notes:: Title from item.
Accession #:: 11_03_000079

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