Indiana's Favorite Sons 18401940 Author:Ralph D. Gray The boom time for Indiana politicians on the national scene came during the twenty-six elections from 1840 to 1940. Nearly 60 percent of the presidential campaigns during that century?even without counting the Indiana-raised Abraham Lincoln's two campaigns?had Hoosiers on the tickets. This well-illustrated booklet, written to accompany a traveli... more »ng exhibition, features presidential races from William Henry Harrison's "log cabin and hard cider" campaign to Wendell Willkie's campaign against Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940.« less