Polk & Dallas campaign ribbon

Campaign ribbon supporting James K. Polk for President, George Dallas for Vice President, and Henry Muhlenberg for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1844. Muhlenberg died just a few months before the election, and Francis Shunk took his place, winning the election. The hickory tree appears to be a connection to Polk's mentor, Andrew Jackson, known as "Old Hickory." There is a handwritten note at the bottom that reads "Jacob S. Roath [or Routh] this Bage [badge] bout [bought] at Lewistown Mifflin County Pa 1844."