Title: McClellan/Seymour Campaign Card

Date/Date Range :   circa 1864

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains a campaign card for George McClellan and Horatio Seymour. It holds the faces of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Andrew Jackson, along with McClellan and Seymour as "Beacon Lights" for American freedom. There is no date, but it is probably from 1864 when McClellan beat Seymour for the Democratic candidacy for president in opposition to Lincoln.

Call number: MS-2432

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Collection was purchased by Special Collections in March 2004.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], McClellan/Seymour Campaign Card, MS-2432. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885), also known as "Little Mac," became Major General for the Union during the Civil War. In 1864, he won nomination for president on the Democratic ticket against Horatio Seymour and others, with George H. Pendleton as his running mate. He was Governor of New Jersey from 1878 to 1881.

Horatio Seymour (1810-1886), also known as "The Great Decliner," served as mayor of Utica, New York (1842-43), member of the NY state assembly (1842, 1844-46), and Governor of New York (1853-55, 1863-65). As a leading Northern opponent of President Lincoln's administration during the Civil War, Seymour protested Lincoln's restriction of civil liberties, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Union's military draft. In 1864, he lost to George McClellan for the Democratic presidential nomination; however, the Democrats elected him as their candidate for the presidency in 1868.

This collection contains a campaign card for George McClellan and Horatio Seymour. It holds the faces of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Andrew Jackson, along with McClellan and Seymour as "Beacon Lights" for American freedom. There is no date, but it is probably from 1864 when McClellan beat Seymour for the Democratic candidacy for president in opposition to Lincoln.

• Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886.
• McClellan, George B., 1826-1885.
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.