Medal, Martin Van Buren, 1840
name: label: associated person
content: Van Buren, Martin
notes: label: Description
content: Martin Van Buren was elected president in 1836 as a Democrat, beating William Henry Harrison, Hugh Lawson White, and Daniel Webster, and following his term as Andrew Jackson’s Vice President and chief advisor. Soon after his inauguration, the American economy entered a major financial panic in 1837. To cope with the crisis, Van Buren proposed that an independent “sub treasury” hold the government’s money, in an effort to maintain, as this medal puts it, “a uniform and sound currency.”
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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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: PL.315264.3988
label: catalog number
content: 315264.3988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, copper (overall material)