Object Details
- associated person
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson)
- Description
- In the years after the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant was viewed as a promising politician who could calm the agitated nation. In addition to his successful generalship in the conflict, Grant campaigned in 1868 as a cool-headed presence, running on the slogan “Let Us Have Peace.” He was able to unite a vast coalition of northern Republicans, formerly enslaved people in the south, and young voters hoping to move on from their ugly politics of the era, and defeat Horatio Seymour, the Democratic challenger. Grant’s portrait, and that of his running mate Schuyler Colfax, appear on this shirt collar.
- Credit Line
- Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana
- associated date
- 1868
- ID Number
- PL.227739.1868.C01
- catalog number
- 227739.1868.C01
- accession number
- 227739
- Object Name
- Collar
- Collar, Grant & Colfax
- Physical Description
- cardboard (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 13.335 cm x 10.795 cm
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- used
- Political Campaigns
- Record ID
- nmah_516183
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-25c2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
