Uncle Sam Making New Arrangements
(Currier & Ives, 1860, GLC 03488)
This black and white cartoon portrays Abraham Lincoln being hired by Uncle Sam
while John Bell, J.C. Breckinridge, and Stephen Douglas
are turned away. James Buchanan, Lincoln's predecessor,
is seen in the establishment packing up his dirty laundry.
This cartoon was probably created shortly after Lincoln
was elected as the nation's 16th president in 1860. Lincoln
received 180 electoral votes while his closest challenger,
Southern Democrat Breckenridge, received only 72.
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