Antebellum Politics

Men in 1842 clothing submit paper ballots to election inspectors at a wooden polling place.
Legislators and horse-drawn carriages gather outside a mid-19th-century government building in Sacramento.
A group of men in 1850s frontier clothing gather outside a wooden territorial building in Kansas as a government official reviews election documents.
A group of 19th-century delegates in frock coats debate constitutional reforms inside a wood-paneled hall in 1835.
A group of men in 1850s attire stand on a dusty Salt Lake City street near a carriage.
A group of men in 1850s frontier clothing gathered in a rustic wooden legislative chamber.
A sepia-toned depiction of 1840s steamboats docked at a Louisiana riverbank with men in period clothing disembarking.
A sepia-toned historical depiction of the Mississippi State Capitol in 1841 with men in frock coats gathered outside.
A historical recreation of John Quincy Adams standing in the U.S. House of Representatives chamber during the 1830s.