---
title: Democratic tickets, "Go it, ye Cripples!" and "Stop Van!!!" (Ohio electors, Van Buren and Johnson), 1836
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/democratic-ticket-stop-van-van-buren-1836/
description: Sheet carrying two identical Ohio Democratic tickets for Van Buren and Johnson, each with a hog-race woodcut.
section: Collection
---

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# Democratic tickets, "Go it, ye Cripples!" and "Stop Van!!!" (Ohio electors, Van Buren and Johnson), 1836

Sheet carrying two identical Ohio Democratic tickets for Van Buren and Johnson, each with a hog-race woodcut. Left: Webster, Harrison and White trail Van Buren on pigs under 'Go it, ye Cripples!'. Right: a rider calls 'Stop VAN!!!' and is answered 'No, I'm bound to beat.' Tells: a derisive label for rivals and balloons that announce the outcome ('Van will beat', 'The People will tell').

## Text on the object

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

```
PRESIDENTIAL RACE—Tune, Three pluck one.
[Balloon] Van will beat
[Balloon] That's a Fact
[Balloon] The story is told !!!
[Balloon] The People will tell
[Labels on the pigs] Webster / Harrison / White / Van Buren
Go it, ye Cripples!
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.

[Balloon] Stop VAN !!!
[Balloon] No, I'm bound to beat.
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. Pig labels are partly illegible at this resolution; the printed order read here is Webster, Harrison, White, Van Buren. Both tickets list the same electors, shown once in the transcription each.

[← Democratic ticket, "Liberty & equal rights" (Ohio electors for Van Buren and Johnson), 1836](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/democratic-ticket-liberty-equal-rights-van-buren-1836/) [Democratic ticket, "Going the whole hog" (Ohio electors for Van Buren and Johnson), 1836 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/democratic-ticket-whole-hog-van-buren-1836/)

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