Campaign Gimmick, Rooster
notes: label: Description
content: Democratic and Republican Party leaders would never have chosen the animals that Thomas Nast did to popularize their policies and ideas. The parties typically adopted national symbols, such as the eagle and the flag. After 1840 the Democratic Party often represented itself as a rooster. Such symbols contended, unsuccessfully, with the popularity of donkeys and elephants into the 20th century.
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content: Political History: Political History, Presidential History Collection
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Presidency
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1880
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1880
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Rooster Device
label: Object Name
content: Campaign Gimmick, Rooster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 41 in x 36 in x 12 in; 104.14 cm x 91.44 cm x 30.48 cm