"JOHN M. PALMER" RARE REAL PHOTO 1892 HOPEFUL BUTTON.
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Winning Bid:
$214.17
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Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, February 24, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
7/8" metal rim w/"Automatic Photo Co. NY" imprint on reverse. Real photo portrait of the Kentucky native and Illinois politician w/name below. We've encountered a similar Harrison making it likely that this is an 1892 Democratic hopeful badge. Palmer supported Cleveland in 1892 but was so well liked in Illinois that he attended the DNC in part to quell the Delegation from supporting him. Three tiny white specs in field. Otherwise only light wear. VF. First we've seen in 54 years. Bob Westerman Collection.
Palmer helped found the Republican party in his native Kentucky. He was instrumental in helping friend Abraham Lincoln obtain the Presidential nomination and served as an elector in 1860. A Major General in the Union army during the Civil War he was elected as a Republican Gov. of IL in 1868. By 1872 was supporting Greeley's Liberal Republican Party garnering three electoral votes when electors filled in his name for VP after Greeley's death. He was elected in 1890 as a Democrat to the Senate and by 1896 he was the nominee of the National Democratic Party or 'Gold Democrats' who opposed Bryan's free-silver stance. Palmer summed himself up nicely stating "I Had My Own Views. I Was Not A Slave Of Any Party."
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