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Presidential Elections Research Project
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Presented here are speeches and cartoons that might have been made by historical presidential candidates.

Take a look, then vote for your favorite candidate in each past election using the survey link below.

CANDIDATES CARTOONS

Election

Year Candidates Political Cartoons, drawn by Marksmen

1832	Andrew Jackson	Henry Clay
1860	Abraham Lincoln	Stephen A. Douglas
1876	Samuel Tilden	Rutherford B. Hayes
1896	William Jennings Bryan	William McKinley
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (1) Theodore Roosevelt (2)	William Howard Taft (1) William Howard Taft (2)	Woodrow Wilson (1) Woodrow Wilson (2)
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Wendell Wilkie
1948	Thomas Dewey (1) Thomas Dewey (2	Harry S. Truman (1) Harry S. Truman(2)
1972	Richard Nixon (1) Richard Nixon (2)	George McGovern (1) George McGovern (2)
2000	George W. Bush (1) George W. Bush (2)	Al Gore (1) Al Gore (2)

SPEECHES

Douglas Campaign Speech.doc

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