These postcards were sent to my Austin grandparents in 1908.
William Howard Taft, Secretary of War and close friend of President Theodore Roosevelt was the Republican Party candidate for President of the United States in 1908.
The Democratic nominee was William Jennings Bryan. Bryan had been defeated in 1896 and 1900 by Republican William McKinley, but he was very popular with some in the Democratic Party.
“The full dinner pail for mine” most likely refers to the 1900 U.S. presidential slogan of William McKinley: Four more years of the full dinner pail .
William H. Taft was elected President.
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Yes, the love of politics does run deep in both the Leavenworths and Austins. Both Republicans and Democrats were strongly represented in each family—each person willing to support their opinion in a debate.
I guess the love of politics runs deep in the family.