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Unknown [Democratic campaign token for 1860 election]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04102.06 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Object Date: 1860 Pagination: 1 token ; 2.5 cm. Order a Copy

With photographs of Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel V. Johnson, on opposing sides. Stamped with their names and the year. Gold border. Punched with hole at top. Douglas and Johnson ran on the Northern Democratic ticket.

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861
Johnson, Herschel Vespasian, 1812-1880
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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