Print comments on the issue of the annexation of Texas by the United States in the 1844 U.S. Presidential election. President Tyler is depicted uncomfortably astride a Democratic "Tex-ass" with Democratic candidate James Polk who has annoyed Tyler by his adoption of annexation as his own cause in the election. Whig candidate Henry Clay, astride a white horse, argues against annexation as proposed by Tyler and supported by Polk. Former President Andrew Jackson (Democratic Party), stands by a tree with a noose, inviting Polk to turn over Tyler so Jackson can "annex" him by the noose to the tree
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Printed area measures 43.5 x 32.0 cm.
Publisher:
H.R. Robinson, 142 Nassau Street, E.W.C. (signed on stone, E. Clay)
Subject (Geographic):
United States, United States., Texas, and Texas.
Subject (Name):
Polk, James K. 1795-1849 (James Knox),, Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, Tyler, John, 1790-1862, Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Equal Rights Party (N.Y.), Equal Rights Party (New York, N.Y.), Whig Party (U.S.), and Democratic Party (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
Presidents, Election, Caricatures and cartoons, History, Animals, Symbolic aspects, Public buildings, and Annexation to the United States
Zachary Taylor's letters concern his nomination for president by the Whig Party and the Whig Party of Oneida County, New York. The letter to Jonathan R. McFee, dated Jul 13, 1848, is a character reference for John M. Clayton, a supporter of the Whig party (WA MSS S-1044;T219). The other letter, to W. D. Butterfield, dated Sep 24, 1848, acknowledges receipt of the copy of resolutions passed by Whigs of Oneida County, N.Y. (WA MSS S-1045;T219).
Subject (Geographic):
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861
Subject (Name):
Butterfield, W. D., Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856, McFee, Jonathan R., Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850, Whig Party (Oneida County, N.Y.), and Whig Party (U.S.)
Zachary Taylor's letters concern his nomination for president by the Whig Party and the Whig Party of Oneida County, New York. The letter to Jonathan R. McFee, dated Jul 13, 1848, is a character reference for John M. Clayton, a supporter of the Whig party (WA MSS S-1044;T219). The other letter, to W. D. Butterfield, dated Sep 24, 1848, acknowledges receipt of the copy of resolutions passed by Whigs of Oneida County, N.Y. (WA MSS S-1045;T219).
Subject (Geographic):
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861
Subject (Name):
Butterfield, W. D., Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856, McFee, Jonathan R., Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850, Whig Party (Oneida County, N.Y.), and Whig Party (U.S.)
