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DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Going the whole Hog.
   
Complete Explanation:
An illustrated election ticket for Martin Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson, listing Ohio Democratic electors for the presidential race of 1836. The ticket is illustrated with a small vignette of a man carrying a hog, and uttering the Democratic campaign slogan "Going the whole Hog." The hog remarks, "Pork 10 cts. pr. lb."--perhaps a favorable reflection on the economy under the Democrats.

Given its similarities in typography and design to nos. 1836-17, -18 , and -19, and the ticket is probably from the same press.


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