Tilden Campaign Ribbon, 1876
notes: label: Description
content: Samuel Tilden ran for president as the Democratic nominee in the 1876 election. The former governor of New York positioned himself as a political reformer – having led the crusade against the corrupt New York political boss William Tweed – and ran on a platform that called for America to move on from the politics of the Reconstruction, racial politics, and the centralization of power in the Federal government. The election drew 81.8% of eligible voters, the highest in U.S. history, but led to a contested result. Although Tilden won the popular vote, after months of wrangling he lost the presidency to Rutherford B. Hayes by a single vote in the House of Representatives.
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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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: 2015.0200.092
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.092
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ribbon
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 1 1/4 in; 12.7 cm x 3.175 cm