To sweep the Augean Stable. For President, Andrew Jackson. For Vice-President, John C. Calhoun – Historic Print
![To sweep the Augean Stable. For President, Andrew Jackson. For Vice-President, John C. Calhoun, [Cincinnati? : s.n.], 1828. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0b/0bd15e14a237-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with To sweep the Augean Stable. For President, Andrew Jackson. For Vice-President, John C. Calhoun, a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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To sweep the Augean Stable. For President, Andrew Jackson. For Vice-President, John C. Calhoun
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This ballot is a small slip, barely 1.3 by 4.6 centimeters, with a woodcut and letterpress text printed on thin paper. Its title alludes to the Augean stables, the filthy pens that Hercules cleaned in a single day as one of his labors in Greek myth. In the 1828 campaign, the metaphor cast Andrew Jackson as the reformer who would sweep out the corruption that his supporters charged had marked the administration of John Quincy Adams. The ticket pairs Jackson with John C. Calhoun for vice president. The imprint suggests Cincinnati, but the record leaves the place of printing uncertain.
| Created / published | [Cincinnati? : s.n.], 1828. |
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| Medium | 1 print : woodcut with letterpress on wove paper ; 1.3 x 4.6 cm. |
| Genre | Ballots 1820-1830.Woodcuts 1820-1830. |
| Notes | Title appears as it is written on the item. Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1828-13. |
| Subjects | Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell),--1782-1850. Jackson, Andrew,--1767-1845. Ballots--1820-1830. Presidential election--1820-1830. Ohio--1820-1830. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 969 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-108364 |
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