"REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR ROOSEVELT AND A SQUARE DEAL" 1912 PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARY ELECTION RIBBON.
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Item Description
8" long satin ribbon issued in PA for the "Primary Election April 13, 1912." TR won the PA primary defeating Taft by nearly 20 percentage points and though he would go on to win seven more primary contests he lost the nomination at the convention but forged ahead forming the Progressive Party. Light handling wear, most notably a faint and well flattened horizontal fold at top of portrait. Exc. Retains original "T" bar stick pin on reverse. A rare 1912 artifact made prior to Roosevelt's formation of the Progressive Party. Wayne Otchis Collection.
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