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Hon. Schuyler Colfax, the People's Choice for Vice President 1868 Geological_Print The Gentlemans Vanity Patent forHon. Schuyler Colfax, the People's Choice for Vice President 1868 a campaign portrait of the Indiana Speaker hoisted onto Grant's ticket, printed in the brisk civic optimism of a republic still bandaging itself, before the Crdit Mobilier scandal would tarnish the smiling Hoosier's name. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies,