On June 27, 1932 the Democratic National Convention convened in Chicago, Illinois, but the battle for delegates had been raging all through the spring. While President Hoover was encouraging Americans not to hoard their savings, Jouett Shouse was…
This item is a photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton posing at a voting station in Chappaqua, New York. A group of women are holding signs and wearing Hillary Clinton masks. The…
This cartoon depicts a large pool of primary candidates early in the 1948 campaign before the field narrowed. Printed in the Washington Evening Star on the day of the critical Nebraska primary, it shows the Republican Party elephant as a watchful…
Berryman produced this cartoon for the first Tuesday in November, Election Day. All the types of citizens, farmers, workers, businessmen, and city dwellers, were marching off to the voting booth to exercise their right as citizens. But the District…
This photograph depicts First Lady Betty Ford and an unidentified woman (center) with children seated in the foreground. A sign in Chinese and English reads "Chinese-American Welcome First Lady Betty Ford;" Chinese-style architecture is visible in…