Framed Photographs of Republican Presidential Nominees for President and Vice-President, 1860

Summary

The emerging Republican Party favored a moderate, geographically balanced ticket for the 1860 presidential election. Party leaders nominated Abraham Lincoln of Illinois and Hannibal Hamlin of Maine for president and vice president. The two men had never met, but both were strong orators who opposed extending slavery into western territories. Lincoln-Hamlin would carry the election, despite receiving almost no Southern support.

The emerging Republican Party favored a moderate, geographically balanced ticket for the 1860 presidential election. Party leaders nominated Abraham Lincoln of Illinois and Hannibal Hamlin of Maine for president and vice president. The two men had never met, but both were strong orators who opposed extending slavery into western territories. Lincoln-Hamlin would carry the election, despite receiving almost no Southern support.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1860

Subject Date

1860

Creators

Henry F. Granger & Company 

Place of Creation

United States, Massachusetts, Boston 

Creator Notes

Published by Henry F. Granger & Company, Boston, Massachusetts

With Liberty & Justice For All
 On Exhibit

at Henry Ford Museum in With Liberty & Justice for All

Object ID

34.333.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Charles Woolsey Lyon

Material

Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Wood (Plant Material)

Technique

Albumen process

Color

Black (Color)
Brown
White (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 5.25 in

Width: 5.625 in

Depth: .625 in

Inscriptions

At top: REPUBLICAN NOMINEES./ 1860 Above and below Abraham Lincoln portrait: PRESIDENT,/ ABRAHAM LINCOLN,/ OF ILLINOIS. Above and below Hannibal Hamlin portrait: VICE PRESIDENT,/ HANNIBAL HAMLIN,/ OF MAINE. At bottom: Published by HENRY F. GRANGER & CO., Boston, Mass./ Copyright Secured.

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