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1872 Reverse Die Hub for Horace Greeley - Presidential Campaign Medallion

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Political Memorabilia Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 600.00 USD
1872 Reverse Die Hub for Horace Greeley - Presidential Campaign Medallion
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Unique 1872 Horace Greeley 1872 Presidential Campaign Medallion Original Reverse Die Sullivan-Dewitt HG 1872-4
1872 Reverse Die. Horace Greeley. 1872 Presidential Campaign Medallion. Sullivan-Dewitt HG 1872-4. Extremely Fine.
28mm. This is the original Die to the reverse of the medallion for Horace Greeley's 1872 Presidential Campaign, listed as Sullivan-Dewitt HG 1872-4. This Die has the top section measuring 28mm, inscribed in reverse "LIBERAL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES" with the large cylinder 45mm long. Greeley is currently the only presidential candidate to have died prior to the counting of electoral votes. An unusual, truly unique and fantastic original 1872 Presidential Campaign item.
Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor, a founder of the Liberal Republican Party, a reformer, and a politician. His New York Tribune was America's most influential newspaper from the 1840s to the 1870s and "established Greeley's reputation as the greatest editor of his day."[1] Greeley used it to promote the Whig and Republican parties, as well as opposition to slavery and a host of reforms ranging from vegetarianism to socialism.

Crusading against the corruption of Ulysses S. Grant's Republican administration, he was the new Liberal Republican Party's candidate in the 1872 U.S. presidential election. Despite having the additional support of the Democratic Party, he lost in a landslide. He is currently the only presidential candidate to have died prior to the counting of electoral votes.