Cleveland Campaign Button
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. His enemies saw him as a pleasant face covering the revitalization of a 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, and winning office again in 1892.
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: 2015.0200.023
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.023
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm