“All you have got to do is stay alive until election day.”
Franklin Roosevelt’s nomination for President by the Democratic Convention in Chicago in July 1932 led to one of the momentous campaigns in American political history.
Saddled with responsibility for the Depression, President Hoover would have been vulnerable to almost any opponent in 1932. FDR’s advisors were unanimous in urging him to play it safe and wage a front porch campaign; his running mate, John Nance Garner of Texas, told him, “All you have got to do is stay alive until election day.” Read More
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Vice President George Bush debates with Michael Dukakis in Los Angeles, CA. 10/13/88.
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Jerry Gets Things Done
Campaign flyer for Gerald Ford’s 1970 Congressional Campaign.
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Presidential campaign, circa 1948
Station wagon decorated by the Democratic Boosters for the Truman-Barkley ticket.
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@JFK1962 Live-Tweets the Cuban Missile Crisis
Today marks the first day of the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, one of the most perilous moments in American history, and certainly the greatest test of John F. Kennedy’s presidency. To mark this momentous occasion, we will be tweeting archival documents, audio and video clips, and quotes from the Kennedy administration with our historical Twitter account, @JFK1962. Follow every crucial moment from the #13days here!
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Second Debate, 1984
President Reagan and Democratic candidate Walter Mondale during the second debate on foreign policy in Kansas City, Missouri. 10/21/84.
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Barry Goldwater for President. George Bush for United States Senator.
1964 GOP campaign flyer.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigns in Hyde Park, NY. 8/9/20
In 1920, FDR unsuccessfully campaigned for the Democratic Vice-Presidential candidacy. The men who worked with him on the campaign became his close associates, and would later become known as the Cuff Link Gang.
FDR gave each of the men a set of cuff links, one with the person’s initials, and the other with FDR’s. This club then met annually throughout Roosevelt’s life around the time of his birthday, and the parties usually were themed in some way. Other members were added to the club in later years through Roosevelt’s traditional giving of a set of links. Read More
-from the FDR Library
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We Like Ike
Parade spectators in Abilene, Kansas show their support for Dwight D. Eisenhower. 6/6/52.
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Election Season, 1972
President Richard Nixon greeting students outside of Dwight D. Eisenhower High School in Utica, Michigan, where he attended a dedication ceremony. 8/24/1972.
Nixon Library ID: D0202-10
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