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McKinley Memorial Postcard

A postcard with a back and white image of the full House Chamber, captioned “House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.,” with the handwritten message, “I have quit the House and gone to the field of loafing—Tramps are getting scarce, your wife.”/tiles/collection/6/6513.xml
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Back of postcard, stamped and postmarked, with the name blocked out, and address reading “Y.M.C.A., Beatrice, Neb.”/tiles/collection/1/13994.xml
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A postcard with a back and white image of the full House Chamber, captioned “House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.,” with the handwritten message, “I have quit the House and gone to the field of loafing—Tramps are getting scarce, your wife.”
Back of postcard, stamped and postmarked, with the name blocked out, and address reading “Y.M.C.A., Beatrice, Neb.”
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Date

1906

Publisher

Washington News Company

Dimensions

5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (14 x 8.9 cm)

Accession Number

2005.183.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

This postcard shows the House Chamber packed with dignitaries mourning assassinated President and former House Member William McKinley at a 1902 Joint Session of Congress. John Hay, the Secretary of State, gave a eulogy, and attendees included The Supreme Court Justices, President Theodore Roosevelt and Prince Henry of Prussia. Four years later, the postcard was still popular, since it showed what was at the time a rare gathering of all three branches of government.

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