Lincoln and Hamlin Campaign Medal, 1860
date: label: date made
content: 1860
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Lincoln, Abraham
label: depicted (sitter)
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.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
label: used
content: United States: New Jersey
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
label: general subject association
content: Elections
label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1860
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: In honor of the Family of Alexander Mashare.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2008.0138.01
label: catalog number
content: 2008.0138.01
label: accession number
content: 2008.0138
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pendant
label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.25 cm; x 1/2 in