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A Lincoln-Hamlin Campaign Button

This Lincoln-Hamlin Button Featured Likenesses of the Running Mates

Political supporters in the 19th century often wore banners or buttons showing allegiance to candidate or party.
The Lincoln-Hamlin 1860 ticket portrayed on a campaign button.

The Lincoln-Hamlin 1860 ticket portrayed on a campaign button.

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This campaign button from 1860 shows the Republican Party candidates, Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin.

The likeness of Lincoln appears to be an engraving based on one of the photographs taken by Alexander Hesler in Springfield, Illinois, in June 1860.

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