Lincoln and Hamlin Campaign Medal
date: label: associated date
content: 1860
name: label: associated person
content: Lincoln, Abraham
label: associated person
content: Hamlin, Hannibal
notes: label: Description
content: In the 1860 election, the relatively new Republican party nominated Abraham Lincoln as president and Hannibal Hamlin as vice president. While Lincoln was a Midwesterner, a former Whig party member, and a moderate on the issue of slavery, Hamlin came from New England, had recently left the Democratic party, and was seen as far more anti-slavery than Lincoln. This attempt to balance the ticket helped keep the Republican party relatively united in a complicated four-way race, in which Lincoln’s Republicans defeated John Breckenridge, Stephen A. Douglas, and John Bell.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0200.015
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.015
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in; 2.54 cm