"FOR CONGRESS EDWIN F. SWEET" MINT STICKPIN FROM 1910.
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Auction #205 - Part I
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Item Description
13/16" with portrait mounted on 2.25" long pin. He was elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 5th congressional district and served from 1911 to 1913 when Woodrow Wilson appointed him Assistant Secretary of Commerce. He lost a bid to be Michigan's governor in 1916. Only example we've seen.
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