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Also Rans: Losing Presidential Candidates of the United States

Portrait Gallery: Davis - B. Harrison

See below for selected portraits of "also rans," shown in alphabetical order, from Davis through Benjamin Harrison. For full caption/reproduction information, or to download an uncompressed tiff or higher resolution JPG image, click on the picture or caption. (These will open on a new tab.) Please note that dates listed here may refer to the date a print was made, which may be after the subject's life dates.

John W. Davis

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

John W. Davis. By Underwood & Underwood. Between 1925 and 1940. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-103176 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Thomas E. Dewey

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right

Thomas E. Dewey. By Greystone Studio. c1948. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-106327 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Robert J. Dole

Photograph shows portrait of Dole, seated

Robert J. Dole. 1984. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-19606 (digital file from original)

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Stephen A. Douglas

Head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left

Stephen A. Douglas. By Mathew Brady. Between 1844 and 1860. Brady-Handy Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-110141 (b&w film copy neg. post-1992)

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Michael Dukakis

Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Dukakis speaking into a microphone

Michael Dukakis. By Thomas J. O'Halloran. 1976. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-19607 (digital file from original)

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Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left

Millard Fillmore. By Mathew Brady. Between 1850 and 1874. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-13013 (b&w film copy neg.)

Millard Fillmore, full-length portrait, standing, facing front

Millard Fillmore. Engraved by John Sartain. 1850-1860. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-02635 (digital file from original print)

A bust portrait of Millard Fillmore appears in a roundel, flanked by allegorical figures of Justice (left) and Liberty (right). Both figures wear classical gowns and tiaras. Justice holds a large sword and scales, Liberty a staff and Phrygian cap and the Constitution. Atop the roundel perches an eagle, with American flags on either side. Below are a document "The Union" (left) and bundled fasces (right).

Millard Fillmore. By Baker & Godwin. c1856. Woodcut. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-03523 (digital file from original print)

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Gerald R. Ford

Half-length portrait, facing front, with arms crossed

Gerald Ford. 1974. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-13038 (b&w film copy neg. of detail)

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John C. Fremont

John C. Fremont, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left

John C. Fremont. By J.H. Bufford, after Jules Emile Saintin. c1856. Lithograph. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-00384 (digital file from original print)

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Barry M. Goldwater

Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Goldwater

Barry M. Goldwater. By Marion S. Trikosko. 1962. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-19601 (digital file from original negative)

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Albert Gore

Albert Gore, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Albert Gore. 1992. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-107701 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Horace Greeley

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right

Horace Greeley. By Armstrong & Co. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-00056 (digital file from original print)

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Winfield S. Hancock

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right

Winfield S. Hancock. By Mora. Between 1860 and 1890. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-116283 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Kamala Harris

Head-and-shoulders length portrait of Kamala Harris, facing front

Kamala Harris. By Adam Schultz. 2021. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppbd-01262

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Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left, with right hand on table

Benjamin Harrison. By George Prince. 1888. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-7611 (b&w film copy neg.)

Benjamin Harrison in uniform, on horseback, leading a brigade of soldiers

Benjamin Harrison: "Come on boys!" - Battle of Resaca. By Kurz & Allison. c1888. Lithograph. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-01864 (digital file from original print)

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