Grant Campaign Paper Collar
date: label: associated date
content: 1868
name: label: associated person
content: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson)
notes: label: Description
content: In the years after the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant was viewed as a promising politician who could calm the agitated nation. In addition to his successful generalship in the conflict, Grant campaigned in 1868 as a cool-headed presence, running on the slogan “Let Us Have Peace.” He was able to unite a vast coalition of northern Republicans, formerly enslaved people in the south, and young voters hoping to move on from their ugly politics of the era, and defeat Horatio Seymour, the Democratic challenger. Grant’s portrait, and that of his running mate Schuyler Colfax, appear on this shirt collar.
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1868.C01
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1868.C01
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Collar
label: Object Name
content: Collar, Grant & Colfax
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 13.335 cm x 10.795 cm