1840 William Henry Harrison Presidential Campaign Token
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:9975735 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
For sale is a William Henry Harrison campaign medal. William Henry Harrison won the 1840 Whig Party presidential nomination in December of 1839. The 1840 William Henry Harrison presidential run set the standard for the modern political campaign. The Whigs pulled out all the stops with huge rallies, parades, barbeques and other events. The Whigs also issued a large number of tokens, ribbons and other campaign items. The output exceeded all previous campaigns, and wo...uld exceed most all succeeding elections until the landmark 1896 canvass. As a result there are many political medalets with Harrison on the obverse and a long cabin on the reverse. The strategy worked. Harrison won the presidency despite that fact that the Whigs were the minority party and they were running against in incumbent president, Martin Van Buren. Unfortunately Harrison's presidential campaign was much more exciting that his presidency. On Inauguration Day he stood in the cold and rain without a hat and coat and gave the longest inaugural speech in history. He caught a cold with developed into pneumonia, became progressively weaker and died 30 days after taking office.
