Decanter, Zachary Taylor, 1848
name: label: associated person
content: Taylor, Zachary
label: associated person
content: Washington, George
notes: label: Description
content: This glass decanter marks Zachary Taylor’s successful run for president in 1848, as a Whig, against Democrat Lewis Cass and Free Soil Party Candidate Martin Van Buren. Taylor rode his successful generalship in the recent war in Mexico, and his promise to put his allegiance to the country above partisanship, to the White House. This decanter was probably used for wine and spirits, but it was ultimately a glass of milk and some cherries which did him in, causing an unknown digestive ailment which killed him, after a little more than a year in the White House.
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content: Political History: Political History, General History 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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1848.I02
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1848.I02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Flask
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: green (?? color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 5 in; 17.78 cm x 12.7 cm