Buchanan Campaign Ribbon
date: label: date made
content: ca1856
name: label: associated person
content: Buchanan, James
notes: label: Description
content: This colorful ribbon endorses James Buchanan in his successful 1856 presidential bid. Because of his decades of service at nearly every level of government, Buchanan was seen as a reliable choice for the Democratic party in the mid-1850s, a time of growing sectional conflict over slavery and the emergence of the radical new Republican and American parties. He was not, however, a particularly exciting figure, and so the colorful ribbon and use of the rooster may have been an effort to add a bit of energy to his dry image. Nonetheless, Buchanan defeated both the Republican candidate John C Fremont and the American Party candidate Millard Fillmore.
topic: label: general subject association
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: 1979.0950.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0950
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0950.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Badge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: textile (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red, white, blue, black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 3 1/4 in; 25.4 cm x 8.255 cm