State of Alaska

State of Alaska

Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965

Presidents--Election

Democratic Party (U.S.)

Alaska

Statehood (American politics)

Presidential candidates

Political candidates

Political campaigns

United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)

Fishing

Adlai E. Stevenson II, portrayed as a fisherman, uses a fishing rod labeled "1957" to reel the Alaskan Territory into a net labeled "49 & 50" while wearing a hat with a hook labeled "Hawaii". In 1954 Alaska was a U.S. territory and had been since 1912. Republicans and Democrats fought over Alaska's admission to the Union during the 1950s. Republicans blocked admission fearing Alaska would elect Democratic representatives to Congress. On January 3, 1959, Alaska became the forty-ninth state of the Union.

Caption: "We're counting on you to bring in the 'big one'! Alaskan Democrats 7/25/54."

Fischer, Helen

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

1954-07-25

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eng

403040

Adlai Stevenson III Collection

political cartoon

b&w

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22 x 30 cm