1892 Token DeWitt GC-1892-3, Cleveland Campaign

Coin Details

Auction Record

$4,080 PR66 09-11-2018 Heritage Auctions

Description

This campaign token for Grover Cleveland from the 1892 presidential election is cataloged as DeWitt GC-1892-3. Cleveland's 1892 campaign promised a return to the honest, reform-minded governance of his first term while criticizing the McKinley Tariff and the corruption of the Harrison administration. His unprecedented bid to recapture the presidency after losing it in 1888 captured the public imagination and generated a body of campaign material that documented this unique political narrative. Cleveland won decisively with 277 electoral votes, but his second term would prove far less successful than his first — the Panic of 1893 produced the worst economic depression in American history up to that time, and Cleveland's conservative response alienated progressive Democrats and organized labor. This campaign token documents the hopeful beginning of Cleveland's comeback story before the economic catastrophe that would destroy his political legacy.

Rarity Notes

Campaign token from 1892. DeWitt GC-1892-3. Cleveland comeback campaign. Material from the only non-consecutive presidential terms is historically distinctive.

Cross References

PCGS #955258; DeWitt GC-1892-3; 1892 Presidential Election; Grover Cleveland