Tyler Campaign Ribbon
date: label: associated date
content: 1843
name: label: associated person
content: Tyler, John
notes: label: Description
content: John Tyler was never elected president, rather he rose to the office when president William Henry Harrison died after just 31 days in office. Whereas Harrison had been popularly elected by a groundswell – drawing 80% of eligible voters to the polls – John Tyler repudiated much of the Whig party’s platform but also ostracized the opposing Democrats. Tyler was generally unpopular during his time in office, and went on to become the only former president to side with the Confederacy during the Civil War.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: 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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Sara L. Lepman in memory of Dr. Harry Lepman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0590.035
label: accession number
content: 1978.0590
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0590.035
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ribbon
label: Object Type
content: ribbon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory, brown (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 3 in; 13.335 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, mounted: 5 5/16 in x 3 3/16 in; 13.49375 cm x 8.09625 cm