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title: 'Gen. Benj. F. Butler: candidate of the Peoples Party, for president of the United States'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/butler-peoples-party-1884/
description: Lithograph bust portrait of Benjamin F. Butler in profile, lettered 'Candidate of the Peoples Party, for President of the United States'.
section: Collection
---

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# Gen. Benj. F. Butler: candidate of the Peoples Party, for president of the United States

Lithograph bust portrait of Benjamin F. Butler in profile, lettered 'Candidate of the Peoples Party, for President of the United States'. Published by Currier & Ives, New York; Library of Congress dates it [1884?] and cites the Currier & Ives catalogue raisonne (Gale, 1983) no. 2423.

[← For president, James G. Blaine. For vice president, John A. Logan](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/blaine-logan-bufford-1884/) [For president, Grover Cleveland of New York. For vice president, Thos. A. Hendricks, of Indiana →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cleveland-hendricks-bufford-1884/)

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