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Campaign Banners
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "The Union Must and Shall Be Preserved"
Topic: Campaign Banners
Source: Library of Congress
Date: c1860
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "Grand National Union Banner for 1860"
Topic: Campaign Banners
Source: Library of Congress
Date: c1860
Cartoonist: Unknown


Young America
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "Young America Rising at the Ballot-Box and Strangling the Serpents Disunion and Secession"
Topic: Young America
Source: Harper's Weekly
Date: September 1, 1860, p. 560
Cartoonist: Jacob Dallas (?)


Lincoln and the Republicans
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "Letting the Cat Out of the Bag"
Topic: Lincoln and the Republicans
Source: Library of Congress
Date: c1860
Cartoonist: Louis Maurer
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "The Republican Party Going to the Right House"
Topic: Lincoln and the Republicans
Source: Library of Congress
Date: c1860
Cartoonist: Louis Maurer
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "An Heir to the Throne"
Topic: Lincoln and the Republicans
Source: Library of Congress
Date: c1860
Cartoonist: Louis Maurer
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "Et Tu, Greeley?"
Topic: Lincoln and the Republicans
Source: Vanity Fair
Date: June 2, 1860, p. 361
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “The Slaughter of Seward”
Topic: Lincoln and the Republicans
Source: Campaign Plain Dealer
Date: July 7, 1860, p. 3
Cartoonist: Hoyt
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Billy Seward, the Celebrated Black Republican Minstrel, Retiring from the Stage”
Topic: Lincoln and the Republicans
Source: Frank Leslie’s Budget of Fun
Date: July 15, 1860, p. 1
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Chief of the Wigwam”
Topic: Lincoln and the Republicans
Source: Campaign Plain Dealer
Date: July 21, 1860, p. 4
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Five Eras in ‘Old Abe’s’ Life Illustrated”
Topic: Lincoln and the Republicans
Source: Campaign Plain Dealer
Date: July 28, 1860, p. 3
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "The Coming Man's Presidential Career, a la Blondin"
Topic: Lincoln and the Republicans
Source: Harper's Weekly
Date: August 25, 1860, p. 544
Cartoonist: Jacob Dallas (?)
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "Three to One You Don't Get It"
Topic: Lincoln and the Republicans
Source: Vanity Fair
Date: September 1, 1860, p. 117
Cartoonist: Henry Louis Stephens
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Black Republican Argument”
Topic: Lincoln and the Republicans
Source: Pennsylvania Statesman
Date: October 20, 1860, p. 1
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Honest Old Abe Marching Forth to the White House”
Topic: Lincoln and the Republicans
Source: Wide-Awake Pictorial
Date: November 1, 1860, p. 1
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “The State of the Case”
Topic: Lincoln and the Republicans
Source: Wide-Awake Pictorial
Date: November 1, 1860, p. 2
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “A Western Luminary”
Topic: Lincoln and the Republicans
Source: Wide-Awake Pictorial
Date: November 1, 1860, p. 3
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “The Boat that Rides in Safety”
Topic: Lincoln and the Republicans
Source: Wide-Awake Pictorial
Date: November 1, 1860, p. 4
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “The Last Rail Split by ‘Honest Old Abe’”
Topic: Lincoln and the Republicans
Source: Wide-Awake Pictorial
Date: November 1, 1860, p. 6
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "Wonderful Surgical Operation"
Topic: Lincoln and the Republicans
Source: Vanity Fair
Date: November 3, 1860, p. 225
Cartoonist: Henry Louis Stephens


Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "Our Political Snake-Charmer"
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: Vanity Fair
Date: February 11, 1860, p. 105
Cartoonist: George Wevill (engraver)
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "Dancing for Eels in the Charleston Market"
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: Vanity Fair
Date: April 21, 1860, p. 265
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “The Little Giant as the Modern Gulliver…”
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: The Comic Monthly
Date: June 1, 1860, p. 7
Cartoonist: Frank Bellew
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "Harmony at the Convention"
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: Vanity Fair
Date: June 30, 1860, p. 7
Cartoonist: John McLenan
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Our Portrait Gallery—No. 2” and “Rail Lyrics—No. 2”
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: The Rail Splitter (Chicago)
Date: July 1, 1860, p. 1
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “The Baltimore Bolter’s Convention”
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: Campaign Plain Dealer
Date: July 14, 1860, p. 3
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "Little Stephen A. Trying to Climb A Very High Chair"
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: Vanity Fair
Date: July 14, 1860, p. 30
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “The Five Eras in Douglas’ Life Illustrated”
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: Campaign Plain Dealer
Date: July 21, 1860, p. 3
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "The Modern Pyramus and Thisbe"
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: Vanity Fair
Date: July 31, 1860, p. 43
Cartoonist: Henry Louis Stephens
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Our Portrait Gallery—No. 9: The Illinois Thimble Rigger” and “Rail Lyrics—No. 9”
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: The Rail Splitter (Chicago)
Date: August 18, 1860, p. 1
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Ho! For Salt River!”
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: The Rail Splitter (Cincinnati)
Date: August 29, 1860, p. 3
Cartoonist: Thee Jones
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Our Portrait Gallery—No. 10: Douglas in search of his Mother…” and “Rail Lyrics—No. 10”
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: The Rail Splitter (Chicago)
Date: August 25, 1860, p. 1
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Our Portrait Gallery—No. 13” and “Rail Lyrics—No. 13”
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: The Rail Splitter (Chicago)
Date: September 15, 1860, p. 1
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "Aminadab Sleek at Jones' Wood"
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: Vanity Fair
Date: September 22, 1860, p. 153
Cartoonist: Henry Louis Stephens
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Douglas at Cincinnati”
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: The Rail Splitter (Cincinnati)
Date: October 3, 1860, p. 3
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Our Portrait Gallery—No. 16”
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: The Rail Splitter (Chicago)
Date: October 6, 1860, p. 1
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “The Handwriting on the Wall…”
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: Frank Leslie’s Budget of Fun
Date: November 1, 1860, p. 9
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “The Prodigal Son”
Topic: Stephen Douglas and the Democrats
Source: Wide-Awake Pictorial
Date: November 1, 1860, p. 5
Cartoonist: Unknown


Republicans and Democrats
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "The Political Quadrille: Music by Dred Scott"
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: Library of Congress
Date: c1860
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "[Dividing the] National [Map]"
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: Library of Congress
Date: c1860
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "The Political Gymnasium"
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: Library of Congress
Date: c1860
Cartoonist: Louis Maurer (?)
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "Taking the Stump"
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: Library of Congress
Date: c1860
Cartoonist: Louis Maurer (?)
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "Progressive Democracy - Prospect of a Smash Up"
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: Library of Congress
Date: c1860
Cartoonist: Louis Maurer (?)
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "The Political Game of Bluff"
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: Vanity Fair
Date: May 12, 1860, p. 313
Cartoonist: Henry Louis Stephens (illustrator) / George Wevill (engraver)
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "The Story of the Five Little Pigs"
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: Vanity Fair
Date: June 16, 1860, p. 392
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Our Portrait Gallery—No. 1” and “The Power of the Rail, or the Fall of J.B.”
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: The Rail Splitter (Chicago)
Date: June 23, 1860, p. 2
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “The Irrepressible Conflict! The Presidential Prize-Fight!”
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: Campaign Plain Dealer
Date: June 30, 1860, p. 3
Cartoonist: Hoyt
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Our Portrait Gallery—No. 5: The Split-Tail Democracy” and “Rail Lyrics—No. 5”
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: The Rail Splitter (Chicago)
Date: July 21, 1860, p. 1
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... untitled [Black Draught]
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: Frank Leslie’s Budget of Fun
Date: August 1, 1860, p. 9 (top)
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Columbia and Her Suitors”
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: Frank Leslie’s Budget of Fun
Date: August 1, 1860, p. 9 (bottom)
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “The Great Political Juggle”
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: The Rail Splitter (Cincinnati)
Date: August 1, 1860, p. 3
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “The Great Political Race!”
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: The Rail Splitter (Cincinnati)
Date: August 22, 1860, p. 3
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “That Horrid Darkey Who Won’t Let Folks Sleep”
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: Frank Leslie’s Budget of Fun
Date: September 1, 1860, p. 1
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Great Swimming Match to Come Off on the Fourth of July. Stakes—the White House and $100,000,000 of Patronage”
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: Frank Leslie’s Budget of Fun
Date: September 15, 1860, p. 1
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “‘Bolting Breck’ brought to by the ‘Little Giant’…”
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: Campaign Plain Dealer
Date: September 22, 1860, p. 3
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “The Presidential Pot-Pie”
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: Frank Leslie’s Budget of Fun
Date: October 15, 1860, p. 8
Cartoonist: Unknown
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Great Fall Races 1860”
Topic: Republicans and Democrats
Source: Strong’s Campaign Pictorial
Date: November 1860, p. 1
Cartoonist: Unknown


State Elections
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "The Pennsylvania State Election"
Topic: State Elections
Source: Vanity Fair
Date: October 20, 1860, p. 200
Cartoonist: Unknown


Election Results
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... "Deplorable Result of Lincoln's Election"
Topic: Election Results
Source: Vanity Fair
Date: November 10, 1860, p. 236
Cartoonist: Henry Louis Stephens
Click to see a larger version of this cartoon... “Let the People Rejoice: Lincoln Elected”
Topic: Election Results
Source: The Freeport Wide Awake
Date: November 17, 1860, p. 3
Cartoonist: Unknown
 
   

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