Search
- Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Nathan Sargent, 1859 - This 1859 letter to Nathan Sargent, a fellow member of the emerging Republican Party, lays out Abraham Lincoln's rapidly crystallizing views on the question of extending slavery to new states. Lincoln foresees a proposed moderation in the Republican platform--allowing the spread of slavery unhindered--as working against the Party's chances in the North in the upcoming 1860 presidential election.
- June 23, 1859
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Nathan Sargent, 1859
This 1859 letter to Nathan Sargent, a fellow member of the emerging Republican Party, lays out Abraham Lincoln's rapidly crystallizing views on the question of extending slavery to new states. Lincoln foresees a proposed moderation in the Republican platform--allowing the spread of slavery unhindered--as working against the Party's chances in the North in the upcoming 1860 presidential election.
- Ashtray Featuring Theodore Roosevelt and William McKinley, Republican Candidates for 1900 Presidential Election, 1900 - Republicans renominated President William McKinley for a second term in 1900. During McKinley's first administration, America had recovered from the economic depression that began in 1893, and the country emerged victorious from the recent Spanish-American War. Only one question remained for the Republican Party: who should be vice president? Delegates chose Theodore Roosevelt, the popular war hero and reform governor of New York.
- 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Ashtray Featuring Theodore Roosevelt and William McKinley, Republican Candidates for 1900 Presidential Election, 1900
Republicans renominated President William McKinley for a second term in 1900. During McKinley's first administration, America had recovered from the economic depression that began in 1893, and the country emerged victorious from the recent Spanish-American War. Only one question remained for the Republican Party: who should be vice president? Delegates chose Theodore Roosevelt, the popular war hero and reform governor of New York.
- 1868 Presidential Campaign Handbill, "The People Demand Payment of the Bonds in Greenbacks" -
- 1868
- Collections - Artifact
1868 Presidential Campaign Handbill, "The People Demand Payment of the Bonds in Greenbacks"
- Platform of "Our Country's Defenders," 1880 -
- 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Platform of "Our Country's Defenders," 1880