Lewis Cass, Democratic Candidate for President (Currier), 1848

Horizontal Currier print: oval bust portraits of Cass and Butler (in uniform) in oak-leaf wreaths, joined at the centre beneath a small eagle perched on a globe, each topped by a red X-shaped ribbon. Captions name them Democratic candidates for President and Vice President; the tell is the eagle and wreaths used as national symbols around the ticket.

Date: August 12, 1848
Period: Pre-1914
Made by: N. Currier, New York (lithographer-publisher), for the Democratic ticket of Lewis Cass and William O. Butler
Region: North America
Country: United States
Medium: Print
Issuer type: Media
Regime: Polk Administration
Leader: James K. Polk
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Persuade or win support
Theme: Elections and party politics
Event: 1848 US Election
Techniques: Transfer
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source: Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
Rights: Public domain: published 1848, US; LOC rights statement: "No known restrictions on publication."
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

LITH. & PUB. BY N. CURRIER. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y. 152 NASSAU ST. COR. OF SPRUCE N.Y.
[globe] AMERI[illegible]
LEWIS CASS,
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT.
WM. O. BUTLER,
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
392.

Handwritten library notes ('Deposited in the Clerk's Office Southern District New York August 12 1848' and '396.') are not part of the printed text.