Sister States as once ye were.”
Large sums of money were expended in expensive printing during that campaign. Some of the publications were elaborately designed and illustrated. Recently one of the Lincoln and Johnson posters has been presented to me, and the miniature reproduction on the following page should be of interest.
The names of the electors for the State of New York include that of the writer. The poster is printed in several colors, it is five feet high and three and one-half feet wide. It is in a perfect state of preservation.
As I have indicated, the victories of Sheridan and Sherman produced a revulsion against peace sentiment throughout the North that literally swamped McClellan. The popular vote was large, Lincoln securing 2,213,665 votes, and McClellan 1,802,237 votes. Except among the troops from Pennsylvania and Kentucky, the soldier vote was overwhelmingly in favor of Lincoln. This was a surprise.
Union Nominations
CLARRY & REILLEY, ENG.
For Electors of President and Vice President of the United States,
HORACE GREELEY, PRESTON KING,
Obadiah Bowne | William H. McKinney | Guy R. Pelton | Thaddeus Hait | Hiram Horton | John Clarke | John E. Seely | John W. Stebbins
James S.T. Stranahan | Thomas B. Asten | Alexander Davidson | John Tweddle | Allen C. Churchill | John J. Knox | Jedediah Dewey | William Bristol
George Ricard | Isaac T. Smith | James W. Taylor | Cornelius L. Allen | Ebenezer Blakely | Thomas Kingsford | Myron H. Weaver | Joseph Cander
Abram J. Dittenhoefer | George Opdyke | Charles L. Beale | Alonzo W. Morgan | George W. Bradford | James Alley | John P. Darling
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
ANDREW JOHNSON.
FOR GOVERNOR,
REUBEN E. FENTON
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
THOMAS G. ALVORD.
For Canal Commissioner, For Inspector of State Prisons,
FRANKLIN A. ALBERGER. | DAVID P. FORREST
FOR SHERIFF OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK,
JOHN W. FARMER.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY For Clerk of the City and County of New-York,
WM. T. B. MILLIKEN. | JAMES M. THOMPSON.
FOR CORONERS,
LOUIS NAUMANN EDWARD COLLIN JAMES W. RANNEY, ALEXANDER WILDER
FOR CITY JUDGE, FOR SUPERVISOR,
Orlando L. Stewart | Andreas Willman.
SIMEON DRAPER, Pres’t Union Gen. Com. HARVEY H. WOODS, Sec. U. G. C. R. C. HAWKINS, Ch’n Ex. Com. U. G. C.
M. B. BROWN & CO., STEAM JOB PRINTERS, 201 S 208 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK.
Poster for Lincoln’s Second Presidential Campaign.
It is interesting to illustrate the growth of our country by a comparison with the popular vote of 1912 when Wilson received 6,291,776 votes, Taft 3,481,119, and Roosevelt 4,106,247.
Of the electoral votes, Lincoln received 212, and McClellan only 21. Until the defeat of Mr. Taft by Woodrow Wilson in 1912, this was a record of defeat. In the latter year Mr. Wilson received 435 votes, Mr. Taft 15, and Mr. Roosevelt 81.
The electoral ticket for Lincoln having been successful in New York State, the thirty-three electors, of whom I was one, met at Albany and cast the votes of the State for Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.