Cleveland Campaign Pitcher
name: label: associated person
content: Cleveland, Grover
notes: label: Description
content: Grover Cleveland, the first Democrat to win the presidency in 28 years, represented one of the most polarizing figures of the Gilded Age. To some he represented forbearance and restraint, vetoing many bills he viewed as examples of government over-reach, and to others he exemplified manly, Victorian stability – a solid, boring father for the county. Yet others saw him as a cover for the revitalization of the Democratic party that they blamed for secession, Civil War, and the brutal violence of Reconstruction. These mixed views of Cleveland meant that he was the only president to serve two non-contiguous terms in office, winning in 1884, losing the electoral vote in 1888 to Benjamin Harrison (the year this jug was made), and winning office again in 1892.
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
label: general subject association
content: Presidents
setName: label: See more items in
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Arnold Miles Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.217442.054.A
label: catalog number
content: 217442.054.a
label: accession number
content: 217442
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.27 cm