Douglas/Johnson Campaign Ribbon
notes: label: Description
content: In the 1860 presidential election, the last before the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, the Democratic party split into two wings which ran separate tickets. The northern Democratic wing believed that the nation did not have to engage in a direct conflict over slavery, but could resolve its tensions locally. The chief representative of this view Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, ran for president, with Herschel Johnson of Georgia as a running mate. Although Douglas had many friends and allies in the south, he was seen as insufficiently pro-slavery by many in the southern wing of his party. After a tough, four-way campaign, Douglas won the second most popular votes, after Abraham Lincoln, but beat John Breckenridge and John Bell. He died shortly after the campaign.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0200.094
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.094
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ribbon
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 3 in; 20.955 cm x 7.62 cm