Political Lithographs

[Imbert's A New Map... - large image]

1st Party System 1789-1800 of Federalists & Republicans; caucus
Virginia Dynasty 1801-1824 of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe; elite
2nd Party System 1825-1856 of Democrats & Whigs, mass-based
"corrupt bargain" of 1825 gave election to John Q. Adams; Henry Clay became Secretary of State; Jackson began to created a new party
Democratic party elected Jackson in 1828 and 1832; Van Buren 1836, James K. Polk 1844, Franklin Pierce 1852
Whig party developed from the National-Republicans of Henry Clay 1832-34 to oppose the Democratic-Republicans of Jackson; elected William H. Harrison 1840, Zachary Taylor 1848, absorbed into 3rd Party System after 1856
new electioneering methods developed to increase voter participation - Hickory Clubs, parades, songs, lithographs
election poster, 1828
A New Map of the United States, by Anthony Imbert, 1829
Old Mother Bank, by Democratic party,1832
Race over Uncle Sam's Course, by Whig party, 1832
Tippecanoe, by Whig party, 1840
The Coon Dissector, by Democratic party, 1844
Thomas Nast