Jefferson Banner

Description:

This cloth banner celebrates the electoral victory of Thomas Jefferson over John Adams in the presidential election of 1800. The banner is believed to be one of the earliest surviving textiles carrying partisan imagery, created at the dawn of the first American party system in which power passed from Federalists to Jeffersonian Republicans. Its imagery celebrates Jefferson's electoral victory, while denigrating Adams, his opponent. The banner pictures Jefferson's likeness below an eagle with a streamer in its beak that proclaims, "T. Jefferson President of the United States of America / John Adams is no more."

Date Made: 1800Associated Date: 1800

Associated Person: Jefferson, ThomasAdams, John

General Subject Association: PoliticsRelated Event: Presidential Campaign of 1800

Subject:

See more items in: Political and Military History: Political History, Campaign Collection, Government, Politics, and Reform, American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith, Textiles

Exhibition: American Democracy

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Credit Line: Ralph E. Becker

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PL.227739.1800.C01Catalog Number: 227739.1800.C01Accession Number: 227739

Object Name: banner

Physical Description: linen (overall material)Measurements: overall: 30 in x 37 in; 76.2 cm x 93.98 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-5b71-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_529033

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