Hannibal Hamlin, Republican Candidate for Vice-President of the United States.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (American, 1840 - 1867)

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (American, 1840 - 1867)

PublisherPublished by George Whiting (American, 1820 - 1862)

Date1860

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 1/4 x 8 1/4in. (28.6 x 21cm) Sheet (height x width): 14 1/4 x 10 1/8in. (36.2 x 25.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

Object number1950.105.0

DescriptionThree-quarter-length portrait of a middle-aged man seated in an upholstered armchair. He is wearing a jacket, trousers, vest, shirt, and tie. His left thumb is hooked in his lapel. Books and papers are on a table in the left background. Drapery with a tassel and a column are in the right background.

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NotesSubject Note: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) was Vice President during Abraham Lincoln's first term, from 1861-1865. He started out as a Jacksonian Democrat, but in 1856, he switched over to the Republican Party, because he could no longer tolerate the Democrats' proslavery policies. He was seen as too radical by 1864, and he was not nominated as Lincoln's running mate for his second term.

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