“Tilden and Hendricks Grand March.” New York: Wm. Yet even though Greeley had the endorsement of the Liberal Republicans and the Democrats, he and his running mate Benjamin Brown proved no match for the Republican incumbent. The song, “Horace and No Relations,” pointedly referred to charges against Grant for naming family members to government positions. His opponent was Horace Greeley (1811–1872), founder and editor of the New York Tribune.
Mate, Francis Preston Blair, Jr., (1821–1875), a Union general, wasĭepicted in uniform, as Grant usually was shown.ĭespite charges of corruption in his administration, Grant was re-nominated in 1872. Therefore on this cover, Seymour’s running Seymour (1810–1886) not only had no war record but had openly criticized The 1868 race as a Civil War hero his Democratic opponent Horatio
Photographs and engravings therefore, images on sheet music wereĬhosen for their popular appeal. In the nineteenth-century, most voters got to know candidates through
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