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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2015.016.001 |
Object Name |
Ribbon, Campaign |
Title |
HARRISON MORTON |
Date |
1888 |
Description |
This red ribbon is from the campaign of Benjamin Harrison for president and his vice-presidential running mate, Levi Morton. The ribbon fragment is in two pieces and has the year "1888" at top between two flourishes. |
Dimensions |
H-3.5 W-2.25 inches |
Material |
Silk |
Notes |
The twenty-sixth quadrennial U.S.presidential election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1888. Grover Cleveland of New York, the incumbent president and a Democrat, attempted to secure a second term against the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, a former U.S. Senator from Indiana. The nation's economy enjoyed prosperity and the nation was at peace, but Cleveland lost re-election in the Electoral College, even though he won a plurality of the popular vote by a narrow margin. Harrison's vice-presidential running mate was Levi P. Morton of New York. As a winner of the 1888 election, Morton served as the twenty-second vice president; he went on to become New York's thirty-first governor, serving from 1895 to 1896. Prior to his vice presidency, he served as the U.S. Minister to France (1881-1885) and represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1879-1881. |
Provenance |
Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board staff member Michele Hulse purchased this campaign material for the Statehouse museum collections in September of 2015 and transferred ownership. The Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board took over the care of the Statehouse and its collections in 1988. |
People |
Harrison, Benjamin 1833-1901 Morton, Levi Parsons 1824-1920 |
Search Terms |
Ribbon |
Subjects |
Political campaigns Political candidates Presidential candidates Presidential elections Vice presidents |
Relation |
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