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- Lewis Cass, circa 1860 - Politician Lewis Cass, who served from 1857 to 1860 as Secretary of State under President James Buchanan, posed for this carte-de-visite in a professional photographer's studio around 1860. Cartes-de-visite, small photographic prints on cardboard stock, remained popular from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Americans commonly collected and exchanged them to commemorate family members or celebrities.
- circa 1860
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Lewis Cass, circa 1860
Politician Lewis Cass, who served from 1857 to 1860 as Secretary of State under President James Buchanan, posed for this carte-de-visite in a professional photographer's studio around 1860. Cartes-de-visite, small photographic prints on cardboard stock, remained popular from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Americans commonly collected and exchanged them to commemorate family members or celebrities.
- Metamorphic Campaign Card, "A Locofoco Before and After the Late Election: Hurra for Cass! / What Old Zack Elected," 1848 - This pro-Whig campaign novelty from the 1848 Presidential campaign depicts a brutish-looking "Locofoco" praising his Democratic candidate, Lewis Cass. Locofocos were once members of a small radical faction of the Democratic Party, but Whigs began applying the term to Democrats as a whole. Pull the paper tab, and the Locofoco's expression changes when he learns the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor ("Old Zack"), was elected.
- 1848
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Metamorphic Campaign Card, "A Locofoco Before and After the Late Election: Hurra for Cass! / What Old Zack Elected," 1848
This pro-Whig campaign novelty from the 1848 Presidential campaign depicts a brutish-looking "Locofoco" praising his Democratic candidate, Lewis Cass. Locofocos were once members of a small radical faction of the Democratic Party, but Whigs began applying the term to Democrats as a whole. Pull the paper tab, and the Locofoco's expression changes when he learns the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor ("Old Zack"), was elected.
- Letter from John Quincy Adams to Lewis Cass, November 13, 1822, Delivering Copies of the Act of 20th April 1818 -
- November 13, 1822
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Letter from John Quincy Adams to Lewis Cass, November 13, 1822, Delivering Copies of the Act of 20th April 1818
- Letter from John Quincy Adams to Lewis Cass, 1824 -
- February 24, 1824
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Letter from John Quincy Adams to Lewis Cass, 1824