Civil War Lincoln Presidential Political Campaign Token 1860 XF/AU
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Civil War Lincoln Presidential Political Campaign Token 1860 XF/AU
This is a VERY SCARCE HIGHER GRADE Civil War Era Political Campaign Token in support of the Presidential Election Campaign of Abraham Lincoln in the Election of 1860. This Token was struck in Brass and features Lincoln on the obverse and the Inscription “Our Policy is Expressly the Policy of the Men who Made the Union, No More, No Less” on the reverse.
Abraham Lincoln won the Election of 1860 and ...served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his Assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War - its bloodiest war and perhaps its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, paved the way for the abolition of slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.
The United States Presidential Election of 1860 was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin emerged triumphant. The Election of Lincoln primarily served as the catalyst for the American Civil War. The other Candidates were: John Bell and Edward Everett of the Constitutional Union Party, Stephen Douglass and Herscell Johnson of the Northern Democratic Party, and John Breckinridge and Joseph Lane of the Southern Democratic Party.
The United States had become increasingly divided during the 1850s over sectional disagreements, especially regarding the issue of the extension of slavery into the territories. Incumbent President James Buchanan, like his predecessor Franklin Pierce, was a northern Democrat with sympathies for the South. During the mid-to-late 1850s, the anti-slavery Republican Party became a major political force in the wake of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Supreme Court’s decision in the 1857 case of Dred Scott vs Sanford By 1860, the Republican Party had replaced the defunct Whig Party as the major opposition to the Democrats.
The 1860 Republican National Convention nominated Lincoln, a moderate former Congressman from Illinois, as its standard-bearer. The Republican Party platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the states but opposed the further extension of slavery into the territories. The Democratic Convention nominated Senator Stephen A. Douglass of Illinois. Douglas's support for the concept of popular sovereignty, which called for each individual territory to decide on the status of slavery, alienated many Southern Democrats.
Lincoln won a plurality of the popular vote and a majority of the electoral vote.. The election of Lincoln led to the secession of several states in the South, and the Civil War would begin with the Battle of Fort Sumter. The election also marked the end of the South's dominance of the office of the presidency.
This Political Campaign Token measures 25 mm in diameter and is Catalogued as Sullivan- AL 1860-57. This Token grades in Extremely Fine to Almost Uncirculated Condition.
Shipping and handling cost will be $3.25. International shipping will be $11.75. Please read our shipping policy below.
A VERY SCARCE HIGHER GRADE 1860 POLITICAL LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TOKEN FOR YOUR COLLECTION !!!!
This is a VERY SCARCE HIGHER GRADE Civil War Era Political Campaign Token in support of the Presidential Election Campaign of Abraham Lincoln in the Election of 1860. This Token was struck in Brass and features Lincoln on the obverse and the Inscription “Our Policy is Expressly the Policy of the Men who Made the Union, No More, No Less” on the reverse.
Abraham Lincoln won the Election of 1860 and ...served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his Assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War - its bloodiest war and perhaps its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, paved the way for the abolition of slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.
The United States Presidential Election of 1860 was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin emerged triumphant. The Election of Lincoln primarily served as the catalyst for the American Civil War. The other Candidates were: John Bell and Edward Everett of the Constitutional Union Party, Stephen Douglass and Herscell Johnson of the Northern Democratic Party, and John Breckinridge and Joseph Lane of the Southern Democratic Party.
The United States had become increasingly divided during the 1850s over sectional disagreements, especially regarding the issue of the extension of slavery into the territories. Incumbent President James Buchanan, like his predecessor Franklin Pierce, was a northern Democrat with sympathies for the South. During the mid-to-late 1850s, the anti-slavery Republican Party became a major political force in the wake of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Supreme Court’s decision in the 1857 case of Dred Scott vs Sanford By 1860, the Republican Party had replaced the defunct Whig Party as the major opposition to the Democrats.
The 1860 Republican National Convention nominated Lincoln, a moderate former Congressman from Illinois, as its standard-bearer. The Republican Party platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the states but opposed the further extension of slavery into the territories. The Democratic Convention nominated Senator Stephen A. Douglass of Illinois. Douglas's support for the concept of popular sovereignty, which called for each individual territory to decide on the status of slavery, alienated many Southern Democrats.
Lincoln won a plurality of the popular vote and a majority of the electoral vote.. The election of Lincoln led to the secession of several states in the South, and the Civil War would begin with the Battle of Fort Sumter. The election also marked the end of the South's dominance of the office of the presidency.
This Political Campaign Token measures 25 mm in diameter and is Catalogued as Sullivan- AL 1860-57. This Token grades in Extremely Fine to Almost Uncirculated Condition.
Shipping and handling cost will be $3.25. International shipping will be $11.75. Please read our shipping policy below.
A VERY SCARCE HIGHER GRADE 1860 POLITICAL LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TOKEN FOR YOUR COLLECTION !!!!
