Printed Democratic ticket for the 1864 presidential election. Connecticut: N.p., 1864. With lithograph image of an eagle resting on a handshake holding a banner with the words "IN UNION IS STRENGTH." Features the following names for presidential electors: Charles F. Pond, Green Kendrick, Alfred R. Goodrich, Edwin Stearns, Asher P. Brown and James H. Hoyt. 4 x 6 in. 

WITH lithograph of George B. McClellan as major general stationed at a war camp. Alonzo Chappel, painter. New York: Johnson, Fry & Co., 1862. Features printed signature of McClellan. Approx. 8 x 10 3/4 in. See Missouri Historical Society no. P0084-0681. 

A nice pairing of commemorative items relating to George B. McClellan running for president in 1864. McClellan, from New Jersey, ran with Ohio U.S. Representative Pendleton, a known peace advocate, and secured the Democratic nomination despite internally conflicting beliefs. While McClellan supported continuation of the war and restoration of the Union, he did not advocate for the abolition of slavery, which the Democratic Party's leader did. He was forced to repudiate his platform, and it was this mixed with a lack of support from the Southern Democrats plus a united Republican Party and military success by the Union that led to Abraham Lincoln securing his second term as president. 

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