President Ford campaigns in New York before returning to Michigan for the final days of the election campaign. Nassau County Veterans Coliseum, Hempstead, New York. October 31, 1976.
-from the Gerald R. Ford Library
Source: fordlibrarymuseum.gov
Source: presidentialtimeline.org
The Housewives love Harry -
A trailer decorated for the 1948 Presidential campaign in support of Truman. September, 1948.
Source: trumanlibrary.org
The First of Three Debates
President Gerald Ford and then-former Governor Jimmy Carter re-started Presidential Debates in 1976. The first Presidential Debates were between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960, but did not continue until Carter and Ford faced off. Presidential Debates have continued ever since.
Shown here, President Ford and Jimmy Carter meet at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia to debate domestic policy during the first of the three Ford-Carter Debates. September 23, 1976.
Source: fordlibrarymuseum.gov
Ronald Reagan Announces he Will Run for Re-Election
…hugs follow.
Nancy and President Reagan after an address to the nation announcing the Reagan-Bush candidacies for re-election. 1/29/84.
Source: reagan.utexas.edu
Nomination Foes and Friends
President Gerald Ford, as the Republican nominee, shakes hands with nomination foe Ronald Reagan on the closing night of the Republican National Convention. 8/19/76.
Source: fordlibrarymuseum.gov
President Harry S. Truman at Union Station in Washington D.C. after returning from a campaign tour. 10/2/48.
In 1948, Truman’s opponent was Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey, governor of New York. Conventional wisdom held that Dewey would win; the Republicans gained seats in the Senate and House in the 1946 elections, and voters’ feelings on Truman seemed lukewarm at best. Read more
This image is from an original slide sent by Lige Stewart of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
-from the Truman Library
Source: trumanlibrary.org
On the Campaign Trail
Bathrobe-clad Ike and Mamie wave from the back platform of the campaign train. Salisbury, North Carolina. September 27, 1952.
Source: ikeandharry2012.org
Incumbents at the Conventions
1984 Republican National Convention - President Ronald Reagan gives his acceptance speech in Dallas, Texas. 8/23/84.
1996 Democratic National Convention - President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore wave to the crowd in Chicago, Illinois at the United Center. 8/29/96.
1964 Democratic National Convention
Wide shot of the interior of the DNC Convention Hall looking toward the speaker’s platform. Delegates gathered on the floor and observers in the balconies. Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 24-28, 1964.
-from the LBJ Library
Source: lbjlibrary.net
