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Print shows a campaign banner for Whig presidential candidate Zachary Taylor. Although Taylor was not formally nominated by the Whigs until June 1848 he had already begun to attract a following in 1846. Here a half-length portrait of Taylor, in civilian dress, head in profile and arms folded across his chest, appears in a wreath formed by two oak branches. Below the portrait is a couplet reflecting the candidate's still independent status: About party creeds let party zealots fight / He cant be wrong whose life is in the right.

"Entered ... 1846 by J.L. Rogers ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania "
Probably published in Philadelphia.
The same lithograph appears on a sheet music cover in the Library's collection (LOT 10615-15; LC-USZ62-89292). Impressions of both the single print and the music cover were registered as copyright deposits on September 15, 1847.
Sullivan and Fischer, no. HC-2 (similar badge)
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1847-6.

Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850. Before his presidency, Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of major general. Zachary Taylor was a national hero in the United States Army from the time of the Mexican-American War and the War of 1812. "I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me."

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01/01/1846
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Rogers, J. L.
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