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Coincidentally Millard Fillmore just made an appearance on his birthday this past Saturday.
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Know-Nothing Party
This campaign medallion from the 1856 presidential election is a predecessor to the candidate bumper sticker. The small hole punched  at the top would have allowed a person to sew the medallion to a jacket  or coat, or string it on a chain. Pictured in the center of the  medallion is former President Millard Fillmore. 
Fillmore was nominated by the  American Party, also known as the “Know-Nothing” Party, as their  Presidential candidate. The Know-Nothing party was staunchly  anti-immigrant and Protestant, and feared the large number of German and  Irish Catholics who were coming into the United States at the time. 
This medallion is one of many campaign-related objects from the Truman Library.  When it first opened in 1957, President Truman wanted the Library to become a  general center for the study of the presidency, not just focused on him. As a result, the Library actively sought out presidential-related objects to  collect.  The Library will be featuring more campaign history throughout this 2012 election year.  
-More at the Truman Library
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Coincidentally Millard Fillmore just made an appearance on his birthday this past Saturday.

ourpresidents:

Know-Nothing Party

This campaign medallion from the 1856 presidential election is a predecessor to the candidate bumper sticker. The small hole punched at the top would have allowed a person to sew the medallion to a jacket or coat, or string it on a chain. Pictured in the center of the medallion is former President Millard Fillmore.

Fillmore was nominated by the American Party, also known as the “Know-Nothing” Party, as their Presidential candidate. The Know-Nothing party was staunchly anti-immigrant and Protestant, and feared the large number of German and Irish Catholics who were coming into the United States at the time. 

This medallion is one of many campaign-related objects from the Truman Library.  When it first opened in 1957, President Truman wanted the Library to become a general center for the study of the presidency, not just focused on him. As a result, the Library actively sought out presidential-related objects to collect.  The Library will be featuring more campaign history throughout this 2012 election year. 

-More at the Truman Library

Source: trumanlibrary.org

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