“Fuss and Feathers” Anti – Scott

Jeff Riemann

Scott and Pierce ran on strikingly similar platforms.  Both wanted to avoid taking sides on the Compromise of 1850 as not to anger either the South or North depending on what side they took, and they did not have major divisive economic issues to side with.  This election, therefore, came down to mudslinging and attacks on each other’s characters. Continue reading

Hero of the Rio Grande

Carl Szanton

This campaign ad supports Zachary Taylor is his bid for the presidency in 1848.  With President James Polk not seeking re-election, Taylor, the Whig Party candidate, faced off against Democrat Lewis Cass and former president Martin Van Buren, a Free Soiler.  Continue reading