Button, William Jennings Bryan
notes: label: Description
content: Campaign button for William Jennings Bryan, Democratic presidential candidate in 1896. The slogan “16 to 1” was part of Bryan’s free silver platform, which advocated that the United States use both gold and silver as standard at a ratio of 16 ounces of silver to 1 ounce of gold.
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: 2015.0200.069
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.069
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm