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View of a man dressed as Uncle Sam, entertaining a crowd holding Nixon signs at the 29th Republican National Convention in Miami, Florida, August 5-8, 1968.

A notecard with data detailing how the 4th and 5th ward residents in Galesburg, Illinois voted in the 1936 presidential election.

Muhammed Ali kissing a young girl, Chicago, Illinois, 1983. He is standing in a crowd of people, campaigning for Harold Washington on North Avenue near Cabrini Green in the week before the mayoral ele…

A circular letter from R. B. Slocumb to "gentlemen" encouraging voter support for his political campaign for Illinois State Treasurer. This letter was created in Fairfield, Illinois and dated March 20…

Government/Politics/Law; Election crowd

Mayor Richard J. Daley and Eleanor "Sis" Daley outside the 11th Ward polling place on voting day. Transcribed from back of photo: Herman S. Rhoden

Domestic/Community/Social Life; McLean County American Legion, three men reading notebook, 1938

Richard J. Daley speaks to a crowd of reporters at Democratic headquarters at Sherman House Hotel on the night of his election as Mayor of Chicago.

View of a crowd of people holding up signs in support of Republican presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon at the 29th Republican National Convention in Miami, Florida, August 1968.

by Edward Willett. Title from page 2. Printed in triple columns. "April 19, 1882."--Caption. Johannsen, A. House of Beadle and Adams and its dime and nickel novels, volume 1, page 322, no. 19.

Government/Politics/Law; Odell Mayor Candidates, 1941

Image of Richard M. Daley on stage with his wife, Maggie, during a campaign rally during the Democratic mayoral primary season, Chicago, February 1983. Photograph by Richard Gordon.

Government/Politics/Law; El Paso, IL Mayor Candidates, 1941, James Everett elected over Clyde L. Tegard

Richard J. Daley holds a microphone on election night. Behind him on the dais are Eleanor "Sis" Daley, John Daley, Eleanor R. Daley, Ruby Ryan, and William Daley. The vote tally board is behind the gr…

A circular entitled "To the Voters of the Third Congressional District" informing citizens of the recent Benjamin Mills scandal and urging them to pardon him for his misconduct. The circular is signed…

Ms. Bradbury was a graduate student at the University of Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. She attended a well-known demonstration in Grant Park during convention week and experi…

Government/Politics/Law; Democracy, man voting with policeman watching in German style helmet, 1939

Government/Politics/Law; World War II; Servicemen interviewed as to whether opportunity to vote should be provided, 1944 Philip Sansone, St. Louis, MO

Part of Thomas Lee Ballenger papers, Cherokee Documents, 1730-1939. Collection contains original documents and some copies that describe the Cherokee Indian's political, historical, and cultural quest…