| Edition |
1st Smithsonian books ed. |
| Description |
xi, 291 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm |
| Summary |
Based on the author's extraordinary personal collection of presidential election memorabilia, this book tells the colorful story of how presidents (and their losing rivals) have wooed voters since America was founded. These objects--from posters and paper dresses to ice-cream bars, sunglasses, and (of course) buttons--form a fascinating, moving, sometimes funny, sometimes outrageous physical record of the past. Author Wright makes it clear that money didn't become important just in recent elections, and that candidates--and their minions--have sometimes been willing to gloss over the fine points or get very creative in their self-representation in attempts to win the presidency. Full of entertaining stories about the elections and the memorabilia, this book provides insight into America's most important achievement--our democratic system.--From publisher description. |
| Contents |
Elections -- Campaign graphics -- Slogans and symbols -- Torchlight parades -- Campaign clothing -- Third parties. |
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Preface: It all started with a button -- Introduction -- Early years: 1789-1824. 1789 and 1792: George Washington, John Adams; 1796: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson; 1800 and 1804: Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, George Clinton; 1808 and 1812: James Madison, George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry; 1816 and 1820: James Monroe, Daniel D. Tompkins; 1824: John Quincy Adams, John C. Calhoun -- 1828-1852. 1828: Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun; 1832: Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Henry Clay; 1836: Martin Van Buren, Richard M. Johnson; 1840: William Henry Harrison, John Tyler; 1844: James K. Polk, George M. Dallas; 1848: Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore; 1852: Franklin Pierce, William R. King -- Civil War and Reconstruction. 1856: James Buchanan, John C. Breckinridge; 1860: Abraham Lincoln, Hannibal Hamlin, John C. Breckinridge, John Bell; 1864: Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson; 1868: Ulysses S. Grant, Schuyler Colfax; 1872: Ulysses S. Grant, Henry Wilson -- |
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1876-1892. 1876: Rutherford B. Hayes, William A. Wheeler; 1880: James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur; 1884: Grover Cleveland, Thomas A. Hendricks; 1888: Benjamin Harrison, Levi P. Morton; 1892: Grover Cleveland, Adlai E. Stevenson -- 1896-1916. 1896: William McKinley, Garret A. Hobart; 1900: William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt; 1904: Theodore Roosevelt, Charles W. Fairbanks; 1908: William H. Taft, James S. Sherman; 1912: Woodrow Wilson, Thomas R. Marshall, Theodore Roosevelt; 1916: Woodrow Wilson, Thomas R. Marshall -- 1920-1948. 1920: Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Eugene V. Debs; 1924: Calvin Coolidge, Charles G. Dawes; 1928: Herbert C. Hoover, Charles Curtis; 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Nance Garner; 1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Nance Garner; 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henry A. Wallace; 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman; 1948: Harry S. Truman, Alben W. Barkley, Thomas E. Dewey, J. Strom Thurmond -- |
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1952-Present. 1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon; 1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon; 1960: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson; 1964: Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert H. Humphrey; 1968: Richard M. Nixon, Spiro T. Agnew, Hubert H. Humphrey, George C. Wallace; 1972: Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford; 1976: James E. Carter, Jr., Walter F. Mondale; 1980: Ronald W. Reagan, George H. W. Bush, John B. Anderson; 1984: Ronald W. Reagan, George H. W. Bush; 1988: George H. W. Bush, J. Danforth Qualye; 1992: William J. Clinton, Albert A. Gore, Jr., H. Ross Perot; 1996: William J. Clinton, Albert A. Gore, Jr.; 200: George W. Bush, Richard B. Cheney, Ralph Nader; 2004: George W. Bush, Richard B. Cheney. |
| Subject |
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- History.
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Presidents -- United States -- Election -- History -- Pictorial works.
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Political campaigns -- United States -- History.
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Political campaigns -- United States -- History -- Pictorial works.
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Campaign paraphernalia -- United States -- History.
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Presidential candidates -- United States -- History.
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Campaign paraphernalia. (OCoLC)fst00844873
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Political campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01069212
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Presidential candidates. (OCoLC)fst01075708
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Presidents -- Election.
(OCoLC)fst01075747
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Illustrated works. (OCoLC)fst01423873
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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Illustrated works.
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| ISBN |
9780061233951 |
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0061233951 |
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