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In recognition of the recent reorganization of the division's vertical files by Kenneth Owen, Special Collections is pleased to present this brief online exhibit of representative selections from our extensive holdings of Louisiana political ephemera.
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Our oldest election flyer

1868, actual size 10 x 6

Dating from 1868, this flyer was not produced in Louisiana, but printed by the Cincinnati Enquirer and distributed here in support of George H. Pendleton’s (1825-1889) bid to become the 1868 Democratic presidential nominee. Pendleton was from Ohio. The flyer is in the form of a five-dollar greenback (paper money printed with green ink) because of Pendleton’s support for paying United States bonds with paper money instead of bullion. The text along the bottom argues:

If Greenbacks are good enough for the Merchant, Farmer, Mechanic and Soldier, who pay taxes, they are good enough for the Bondholder, who pays no taxes.

At the Democratic convention, Pendleton won a plurality on the first vote. On the second vote, he lost to New York wartime governor Horatio Seymour.

Pendleton was the son-in-law of Francis Scott Key. He served in several political and governmental positions, including Member of Congress, presidential candidate, and ambassador.  Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his term as a Senator from Ohio, 1879-1885, when he sponsored the Pendleton Act (1883). It replaced the corrupt spoils system with a merit-based civil service for the Federal Government.

 

 

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