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title: 'The Appomattox of the Third Termers: Unconditional Surrender (Puck cover, 16 June 1880)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/puck-appomattox-third-termers-1880/
description: Colour lithograph by Joseph Keppler in Puck (16 June 1880, vol. 7, pp. 266-267, as recorded by LOC), issued after the Republican convention at Chicago.
section: Collection
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# The Appomattox of the Third Termers: Unconditional Surrender (Puck cover, 16 June 1880)

Colour lithograph by Joseph Keppler in Puck (16 June 1880, vol. 7, pp. 266-267, as recorded by LOC), issued after the Republican convention at Chicago. Ulysses S. Grant, in Civil War uniform, hands a sword labelled 'IIId term imperialism' to James A. Garfield, who holds a paper marked for nomination; the title borrows Lee's surrender at Appomattox, and the label 'imperialism' is attached to the third-term effort.

[← Inspecting the Democratic Curiosity Shop (Puck cartoon, c. 1880)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/puck-inspecting-democratic-curiosity-shop-1880/) [A Weak Ticket in the Field and a Weaker Expected (Puck cover, 16 June 1880) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/puck-weak-ticket-both-parties-1880/)

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