Harrison Campaign Pin, 1892
notes: label: Description
content: The campaigns of the late 1880s and 1890s began to focus upon big financial debates. In 1888 and 1892, for instance, the Republican party used Benjamin Harrison to support a protectionist, high-tariff economy against Grover Cleveland’s calls for tariff reform. Republicans believed that high tariffs on imported goods protected American industrialization at a key phase, while Democrats argued that the same policies kept prices too high. In the short term, the Republicans won the debate, raising tariffs in the 1890s, but ultimately the income tax replaced tariffs as a key source of federal income.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0200.145
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.145
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm