The Republican Candidates - 1872

A complete and authentic issue of the Harper’s Weekly, NYC, June 29, 1872, 16pp. disbound VG. The center-spread shows full page images of the Republican Candidates for President, Ulysses Grant , and for Vice President, Henry Wilson, both from Brady Photographs. Associated reports on separate pages. From the front cover is a Nast cartoon illustrating the difficulty of representing the Democratic Party with roots of KKK, Tammany Corruption, Slavery, Lost Cause .... President Ulysses S. Grant officially accepted the Republican presidential nomination for a second term on June 10, 1872. The nomination was finalized unanimously at the National Union Republican Convention in Philadelphia on June 5-6, 1872. Grant chose Henry Wilson as his running mate.