Description
1908 Campaign Poster for William H. Taft, titled “Our Next President,” with portrait by The Moffett Studio of Chicago.
Full framed piece measures 17″ x 23,” pine wood frame, light blue matte. Not examined outside frame. Color illustration. A scarce piece, with only one other known example held at The Henry Ford Museum.
After four years as the Secretary of War, William H. Taft was the natural successor to President Theodore Roosevelt for the Republican nomination. Taft won the nomination and faced William Jennings Bryan in the general election. He won the presidency by a comfortable margin, but would only serve one term as president.
