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.

Date: 1836
Period: Pre-1914
Made by: Ohio Democratic presidential electors ticket for Van Buren and Johnson (printer not stated; LOC: Cincinnati?)
Region: North America
Country: United States
Medium: Leaflet
Issuer type: Party
Regime: Jackson Administration
Leader: Andrew Jackson
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Persuade or win support
Theme: Elections and party politics
Event: 1836 US Election
Techniques: Bandwagon
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, retrieved October 2, 2026
Rights: Public domain: published 1836, US; LOC rights note: "No known restrictions on publication."
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

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.