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title: Democratic ticket, "Liberty & equal rights" (Ohio electors for Van Buren and Johnson), 1836
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/democratic-ticket-liberty-equal-rights-van-buren-1836/
description: Printed ticket for Van Buren and Johnson with Ohio electors, headed by a wood engraving of Van Buren as the 'Magician'; the legible lettering on the…
section: Collection
---

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# Democratic ticket, "Liberty & equal rights" (Ohio electors for Van Buren and Johnson), 1836

Printed ticket for Van Buren and Johnson with Ohio electors, headed by a wood engraving of Van Buren as the 'Magician'; the legible lettering on the sheet is MAGICIAN, U.S. MINT and LIBERTY & EQUAL RIGHTS. LOC's description reads the picture as a lantern projecting onto the Capitol, with Jackson's sword and bugle at his feet. Tells: glittering generalities (virtue words with no testable claim) and, on LOC's reading of the sword and bugle, transfer of the outgoing president's standing to his successor.

## Text on the object

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

```
[Lantern beam] MAGICIAN
[Oval] LIBERTY & EQUAL RIGHTS
[Building at left] U.S. MINT

DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
RICHARD M. JOHNSON.
OHIO ELECTORS.
John M. Goodenow,
Othniel Looker,
Jacob Felter,
James B. Cameron,
David S. Davis,
James Fife,
John J. Higgins,
Joseph Morris,
James Sharp,
John McElvain,
William Trevitt,
David Robb,
Hugh McComb,
Robert Mitchell,
James Mathews,
Joshua Seney,
Stephen N. Sargent,
Thomas J. McLain,
Noah Frederick,
Jacob Ihrig,
James Means.
```

Read from the 1,280-px scan; typeset ticket text is clear, balloon text in the vignette is small. The words MAGICIAN and U.S. MINT are small and partly obscured.

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