Political/Elections from Pages For Sages

It was the Presidential Election year of 1856, and the Republican Party had chosen John Fremont to be their candidate for the office. The Democratic Party, in response to this choice and in fear of a Republican victory, went to great lengths to provide reasons to the public as to why they should not vote for the Republican ticket. This… Read more about this item

This paper, The Van Buren Platform, or Facts for the present Supporters of Martin Van Buren, was apparently written during the Presidential Election Year 1848. Van Buren had won the Presidential Election of 1836, lost his re-election election in 1840, was not chosen as a candidate for re-election in 1844, and was an unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Free… Read more about this item

It was the Presidential Election year just prior to the start of the Civil War, and the North and South were at odds, multiple candidates were seeking the Presidency, and political parties were emerging with various approaches to the slavery problem. The Republication Executive Congressional Committee was distributing many speeches, papers and documents to the voting public in their efforts… Read more about this item

This copy of The Dangers of Black-Republicans, and the Duty of the South, Speech of Hon. L. J. Gartrell, of Georgia in The House of Representatives, January 10, 1860 documents his speech defending slavery in the Southern states, as well as the interruptions, questions and comments from others in the House disagreeing with his positions and statements. The paper, which… Read more about this item

It was the Presidential Election year just prior to the start of the Civil War, and all political interests were directed towards making their positions known, and in particular their views on slavery and state's rights. The Republican Party was a Northern party, strongly anti-slavery, that advocated the candidacy of Abraham Lincoln. This paper, The Republican Party – Its History… Read more about this item

It was the Presidential Election year just prior to the start of the Civil War, and the North and South were at odds, multiple canditates were seeking the Presidency, and political parties were emerging with various approaches to the slavery problem. The National Democratic Executive Committee tried to put their approach to the election before the public by this Address… Read more about this item

The run-up to the Civil War became more fiery as the election of 1856 approached. Northern and Southern voices became more strident, as exhibited in The Federal Union - It Must Be Preserved -- Number One -- by George M. Weston. Mr. Weston's pamphlet says "There will be found appended, extracts from speeches made in Congress during the present session… Read more about this item

The 2020 Presidential election results were plagued by accusations of fraud, rigging, miscounting and other causes that resulted in an incorrect result. But was this Presidential election unique in this issue? It may be useful to read these three 1877 papers dealing with the Presidential election of 1876 decided in a fiercely contested battle of the Electoral College. The papers… Read more about this item

The Whig Party was preparing to select a candidate for the presidency in the election of 1848, with their choices appearing to be between Mr. Henry Clay and General Zachary Taylor. The Whigs of Virginia seemed to be leaning towards General Taylor, and Mr. Botts wrote his letter To the Whigs of Virginia (written by John M. Botts and dated… Read more about this item

The long title of this copy of "The National Platforms of all Political Parties with The Names of all Candidates at each Presidential Election From 1789 to 1892 showing the vote for each Candidate both Electoral and Popular, with the record of Electors chosen, and a comparison of the Political Divisions in each House of Congress for each quadrennial period",… Read more about this item

The year 1892 was a Presidential election year, and Mr. Henderson chose to present to the House a clearly partisan political speech endorsing the Republican candidate for President, all under the guise of the House's consideration of the "sundry civil bill". "The Real Record" - The Democratic Congress Analyzed - Increased Appropriations, Extravagant Expenditures, Costly and Valueless Investigations - Etc,… Read more about this item

The Presidential election campaign of 1892 had the Republican team of Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid competing with the Democratic team of Grover Cleveland and Adlai Stevenson I for the President and Vice-President positions. The Republican National Committee of New York issued and the Franklin Publishing Co. of New York published "The Republican Campaign Text-Book for 1892", Protection, Reciprocity, and… Read more about this item