Blood Will Tell! The Great Race for the Presidential Sweepstakes
Race cartoon in which a horse with Grant's head, ridden by Schuyler Colfax, leads a horse with Seymour's head whose rider, Francis P. Blair, is being thrown; the latter is called the 'Manhattan donkey' in the title. A crowd of named public figures comments from the stands.
- Date
- 1868
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Boell (Philadelphia)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Andrew Johnson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- 1868 US Election
- Techniques
- BandwagonName-calling
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (published 1868; over 150 years old); LOC records no known restrictions on publication
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
