Ribbon, James Buchanan, 1856
name: label: associated person
content: Buchanan, James
notes: label: Description
content: James Buchanan’s played little part in his 1856 presidential campaign. Although he was immensely qualified by decades of service at nearly every level of government, Buchanan was seen as a relatively dry, retiring figure, as this ribbon captures. At a time when presidents did little campaigning themselves, however, Buchanan mostly benefited from an extremely powerful Democratic political machine, defeating both Republican John C Fremont and Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren.
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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.315264.4048
label: catalog number
content: 315264.4048
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ribbon
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content: ribbon