1884 Jim Blaine Prez Campaign Brass Token Medal Born Washington Co Pennsylvania

Description: Here's a 1" brass or bronze token or medal showing the man who received the 1884 republican party's presidential nomination, James G. Blaine. He was the first, national republican candidate to lose since 1860. He blew it towards the end of the campaign by not repudiating what one supporter had said at an event together, about democrats being the party of "rum, Romanism and rebellion." That angered many Irish Catholic voters, and Blaine failed to carry New York state, from where his opponent, Grover Cleveland was governor, anyway. If you think politics is bad now, when he ran for president, Cleveland's opponents sang, "Ma, Ma, where's my Pa? Off to the White House, Haw, Haw, Haw." That's because bachelor Grover had fathered a child out of wedlock and kept that fact under wraps. Now things like that often are accepted. Cleveland's supporters used to sing; "James G. Blaine, James G. Blaine. The Con-tin-en-tal liar from the State of Maine." That was back when being a proverbial liar was considered a bad thing in politics - pre-Bill Clinton - and now it's accepted. We've come a long way, baby. This has his 1830 birth information, one reason to be associated with George Washington - also seen on this - since Blaine was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania. We have a couple other Blaine, jugate campaign tokens for sale in our eBay store which have his running mate, John Logan on them. This is in nice condition but please look at our images to judge condition for yourself so you can be happy with your purchase. We are members of APIC and sell only authentic presidential (and other collectible) material so buy with confidence. We'll be happy to combine S & H costs on multiple purchases even if eBay says we don't. We just issue a refund for any overpayment. Shipping on this will be $5.50 with tracking. 9088

Price: 36 USD

Location: Beverly Hills, Florida

End Time: 2024-11-12T21:26:18.000Z

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