Loco Foco expresses, arriving at Washington.

Loco Foco expresses, arriving at Washington.

Description:

A satiric commentary on the effects of the landslide Whig victory in New York state elections in the autumn of 1838. President Van Buren (left) greets two of his defeated allies: incumbent governor William L. Marcy (center, in uniform) and Representative Churchill C. Cambreleng. Both men had the support of New York radical Democrats, or "Loco Focos."; "Entd. accordg. to Act of Congress in the Year 1838, by H.R. Robinson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southn. Dist. of N. Y."

Date Issued: [1838]
Collection: William L. Clements Library Image Bank
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Language: UND
Type: still image