The Presidents of the United States: Lewis Cass, Democratic Candidate for 12th President (Currier), 1848
Banner print: Cass in a laurel oval at the centre, ringed by eleven oval portraits of the earlier presidents with dates, under an eagle on a globe and crossed flags and a ribbon reading 'The Presidents of the United States'. The tell is the placing of Cass among Washington to Polk, lending their standing to the candidate.
- Date
- June 6, 1848
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- N. Currier, New York (lithographer-publisher), for the Democratic candidate Lewis Cass
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Polk Administration
- Leader
- James K. Polk
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- 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
1789 to 1797. GEORGE WASHINGTON. 1797 to 1801. JOHN ADAMS. 1801 to 1809. THOS. JEFFERSON. 1809 to 1817. JAMES MADISON. 1817 to 1825. JAMES MONROE. 1825 to 1829. JOHN Q. ADAMS. 1829 to 1837. ANDREW JACKSON. 1837 to 1841. MARTIN V. BUREN. April 4th 1841 to 1845. JOHN TYLER. 1845 to 1849. JAMES K. POLK. Inaugurated March 4th died Apr 4th 1841. WM. H. HARRISON. [globe] AMERICA LEWIS CASS, Democratic Candidate for 12th President. THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 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. LITH. & PUB. BY N. CURRIER, 152 NASSAU ST. COR. OF SPRUCE N.Y. [illegible]
Portrait captions are listed from the top of the ring clockwise as read. Small date lines and the stock number are hard to read at this size. Handwritten library notes ('212.' and a deposit line dated June 6, 1848) are not part of the printed text.
