Grover Cleveland Ribbon, 1892
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Grover Cleveland defeated Republican James G. Blaine in 1884 to become the first Democrat to win the presidency since 1856. The reform-minded Cleveland would lose four years later to Benjamin Harrison; but in an 1892 presidential rematch he returned to the White House. Cleveland is the only U. S. President to have served two nonconsecutive terms.
Grover Cleveland defeated Republican James G. Blaine in 1884 to become the first Democrat to win the presidency since 1856. The reform-minded Cleveland would lose four years later to Benjamin Harrison; but in an 1892 presidential rematch he returned to the White House. Cleveland is the only U. S. President to have served two nonconsecutive terms.
Artifact
Political Ribbon
Date Made
1892
Subject Date
1892
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
72.31.379
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Silk (Textile)
Technique
Jacquard weaving
Color
Red
White (Color)
Light blue
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Length: 3.625 in
Width: 1.50 in
Inscriptions
Front: GROVER CLEVELAND / DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE / FOR / PRESIDENT / 1892 / WHITE HOUSE Back: "U.S. BADGE CO." / J.A. MOON, PITTSBURG.
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