Campaign Ribbon, Bell
notes: label: Description
content: John Bell was another of the four men who ran in the complicated 1860 presidential election, which ultimately helped cause the Civil War. Bell was a Tennessee senator and moderate politician, who ran as the candidate for the Constitutional Union party in 1860, a movement dedicated to a single goal: maintaining the Union and Constitution. The conservative movement hoped to stave off sectional conflict by supporting neither pro- nor anti-slavery policies. It was widely seen as old-fashioned and out-of-date in a heated political climate, and John Bell won just 12.6% of the popular vote and 36 electoral votes, surpassed by Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, and John Breckenridge.
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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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: 2015.0200.151
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.151
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ribbon
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 2 in; 12.7 cm x 5.08 cm