General Election Day: 2008

This is Thomas Nast, the nineteenth century's most influential political satirist and cartoonist. Nast created the modern version of Santa Claus; Uncle Sam; the Republican Elephant and the Democratic Donkey.

Images of Nast's political symbols, above, are courtesy of The Ohio State University Libraries.

Men moving ballot boxes in 1927.

Delegates to the 1912 Republican National Convention, Chicago Coliseum. They nominated William Howard Taft from Ohio for re-election as President of the United States and James S. Sherman from New York for Vice President.

Today is General Election Day: 2008. I thought you might enjoy looking back to other times, as we vote for our future here in the United States.

Photographs courtesy of www.old-picture.com.