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***Auction Highlight*** 1860 John Bell-Edward Everett Presidential ferrotype campaign medal, DeWitt

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***Auction Highlight*** 1860 John Bell-Edward Everett Presidential ferrotype campaign medal, DeWitt
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***Auction Highlight*** 1860 John Bell-Edward Everett Presidential ferrotype campaign medal, DeWitt 1860-29, Graded xf45 By SEGS. Campaign ferrotype for the 1860 Constitutional Union party, featuring the ticket of John Bell for President and Edward Everett for Vice President. The Constitutional Union party opposed southern secession and, though unsuccessful in the election, were influential in the Wheeling Convention where West Virginia broke from Virginia in 1861 to form its own state, allied with the Union. Circular ferrotypes are mounted in solid brass, with Bell appearing on one side and Everett appearing on the other. holed as made. The Bell Image has normal crazing for period tin types, the Everett image is in near Pristine condition, very rare!. The portraits used were photographed by Matthew Brady. Measures 1.75'' in diameter. Everett Proceeded Lincoln’s speech at Gettysburg. The Constitutional Union Party had met in May 1860 and nominated John Bell for president and Edward Everett as his running mate. Known as “the old gentlemen’s party,” the Constitutional Unionists ran on the platform that the laws that were in place could deal with slavery and the secessionist crisis. Their support came from border and southern states that were tentative about seceding from the Union before the firing on Fort Sumter. They received 39 Electoral votes from Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia and just 13% of the popular vote. After the election, Bell met with Lincoln and continued to support staying in the Union. After the firing on Fort Sumter, his support wavered. He became concerned that the Union Army would invade Tennessee, his state, and thought that Lincoln had deceived him. Ultimately, he gave a fiery to secessionist supporters in Knoxville, Tennessee, which cost him many of his old friends. After that, he retired from public life. John Bell died in 1869. Edward Everett vigorously supported the Union. He continued to travel around the North giving speeches that supported the Union cause. He died in January 1865 after contracting a very bad cold and expending a great deal of energy while giving three hours of court testimony about some property he owned in Winchester, Massachusetts. He was 71 years old. A Corey's Pick, Bid to Win, Don't let it get Away, you might not find its equal Coin