Colorful 9.5″ jugate plate created to honor the election of William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman in 1908, featuring their portraits in ovals below an image of the White House. The plate is bordered by portraits of the "Grand Old Party Standard Bearers, 1856-1908": John Fremont, Abraham Lincoln, U. S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, James G. Blaine, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt. In very good to fine condition, with light scuffs and scratches.