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William Bryan Campaign Button, 1896, 1900
Whitehead & Hoag Company1896/1900
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
In the late 1890s, many Democrats, Populists and Western-state Republicans, campaigned for the unlimited coinage of silver at a 16 to 1 ratio -- 16 ounces of silver to 1 ounce of gold. Proponents believed that this policy would inflate prices, make money readily available, relieve debt and boost a depressed economy. William Jennings Bryan used this popular catchphrase in both his campaigns against William McKinley. He lost.
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- Title: William Bryan Campaign Button, 1896, 1900
- Creator: Whitehead & Hoag Company
- Date Created: 1896/1900
- Location: United States, New Jersey, Newark
- Subject Keywords: Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925, Democratic Party (U.S.), Political campaigns, Presidential elections, Presidential candidates, Buttons (Information artifacts)
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Button (Information artifact)
- Object ID: 72.31.280
- Image ID: THF156472
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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