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title: Democratic ticket, "Going the whole hog" (Ohio electors for Van Buren and Johnson), 1836
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/democratic-ticket-whole-hog-van-buren-1836/
description: Narrow printed ticket naming Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson and 21 Ohio electors, topped by a wood-engraved man in a top hat carrying a hog.
section: Collection
---

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# Democratic ticket, "Going the whole hog" (Ohio electors for Van Buren and Johnson), 1836

Narrow printed ticket naming Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson and 21 Ohio electors, topped by a wood-engraved man in a top hat carrying a hog. Tell: the only message is two balloons, the party slogan 'Going the whole Hog' (a rallying call to join the party wholeheartedly: bandwagon) and a single price, 'Pork 10 cts. pr. lb.'; LOC reads the price as a possible reference to the economy, which is a tentative reading, not a printed claim. The sheet selects no facts or record, so it carries no card-stacking tag.

## Text on the object

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

```
[Balloon] Going the whole Hog
[Balloon] Pork 10 cts. pr. lb.

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.

[← Democratic tickets, "Go it, ye Cripples!" and "Stop Van!!!" (Ohio electors, Van Buren and Johnson), 1836](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/democratic-ticket-stop-van-van-buren-1836/) ["Political race course - Union Track - fall races 1836" →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/political-race-course-union-track-harrison-1836/)

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