Rutherford B. Hayes Campaign Medal
Rutherford B. Hayes Campaign Medal
- Description (Brief)
- This presidential campaign medal was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut around 1876. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including campaign medals.
- Obverse: Bust of Rutherford B. Hayes facing left. Legend: RUTHERFORD B. HAYES FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
- Reverse: Wreath at bottom. Shield of the United States with a fasces, the shield reads “1876.” Shield is surrounded by four flags, with a claw grasping a key.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- medal, political
- depicted
- Hayes, Rutherford B.
- maker
- Scovill Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 3.1 cm; 1 1/4 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0296.1233
- accession number
- 1981.0296
- catalog number
- 1981.0296.1233
- Presidential Campaign of 1876
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Scovill Manufacturing Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
