Campaign Button, William Jennings Bryan
Campaign Button, William Jennings Bryan
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- Description
- Campaign button for William Jennings Bryan, Democratic presidential candidate in 1896. The slogan “16 to 1” was part of Bryan’s free silver platform, which advocated that the United States use both gold and silver as standard at a ratio of 16 ounces of silver to 1 ounce of gold.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- button
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm
- ID Number
- 2015.0200.068
- catalog number
- 2015.0200.068
- accession number
- 2015.0200
- subject
- Political Campaigns
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, Campaign Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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