Politics in Missouri and Elections at the University of Missouri
With election season upon us, the Missouri Student Unions turns to election history right here in Missouri and at the University of Missouri. Come see our prints of George Caleb Bingham and Missouri politics on the ground floor of the MU Student Center Come see our exhibit about politics at MU in the Traditions Lounge on the second floor of the MU Student Center. GEORGE CALEB BINGHAM AND MISSOURI POLITICS Renowned nineteenth-century Missouri artist George Caleb Bingham composed a triad of paintings relating to politics right here in Missouri, two of which are currently on display on the ground floor of the Missouri Student Center. Bingham himself was active in the Missouri political scene, being a member of the Whig party, only leaving it over the divisive slavery issue. Then he joined Abraham Lincoln and the Republican party, but by 1872 he was associated with the Democratic party instead. Bingham was also an active participant in the politics of the state of Mis