During the 1920 presidential race, this campaign image shows Abraham Lincoln standing before the American flag, his hands raised above Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. Around them is a line from the Gettysburg Address: “that a government of the people shall not perish from the earth.” The message is clear. By placing their ticket alongside Lincoln’s likeness and words, Republicans tied Harding and Coolidge to the legacy of the Union and the idea of steady leadership at a time when the country was adjusting to peace after World War I.