Object Details
- associated person
- Wilson, Woodrow
- Description
- Woodrow Wilson was governor of New Jersey when he became the 1912 Democratic presidential nominee. The only US president to hold a Ph.D., Wilson had previously been a professor of Political Science and president of Princeton University. This wooden nutcracker was an attempt to add a lighter touch to Wilson’s reputation as an intellectual and academic. He won a four-way race in 1912 defeating former president Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive), incumbent president William Howard Taft (Republican), and labor activist Eugene V. Debs (Socialist) who finished in that order.
- Credit Line
- Ralph E. Becker
- ID Number
- PL.227739.1912.X01
- catalog number
- 227739.1912.X01
- accession number
- 227739
- Object Name
- Nutcracker
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- carved (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 22.225 cm x 6.35 cm x 8.89 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
- general subject association
- Political Campaigns
- Record ID
- nmah_529389
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-6255-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
