GRANT REUNION BOOK AND MEDAL

 

RARE 1893 Ulysses S Grant Reunion Inner Book with Important Struck Medal Republican Convention EX Libris William J Latta Penn Railroad President

Commemorative book of the June 1880 Chicago Republican National Convention in which former Union General and then-sitting U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant was seeking an unprecedented 3rd consecutive term. Of the 14 men in contention for the Republican Nomination, the three strongest leading up to the convention were Grant, James G. Blaine, and John Sherman. After 35 ballots, there was still no decisive nominee; this is when Blain and Sherman switched their backing to a dark horse candidate in James Garfield. On the next ballot Garfield won the nomination with 399 votes, 93 more than the incumbent Grant. Garfield was declared the nominee the same day, and ultimately won the Presidency- a position he would hold for just over 6 months until his assassination at the hands of Charles J. Guiteau.

The event occurred only 16 years after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and was a catalyst for the formation of the Secret Service. This book is a re-union commemoration and delineates the selection process of Grant. Given by a Mr. Isaac M. Loughead to William J Latta, the Penn Railroad President, on July 7, 1893. Adorned on front and back with bronze medals, the first bearing a struck-bust of Grant, and the second inscribed Commemorative of the 36 Ballots of The Old Guard for Ulysses S. Grant for President. Republican National Convention Chicago June 1880.

Author Name: Unknown; likely multiple including Isaac M. Loughead.

Illustrator Name: Loughead & Co.

City of Publication: Philadelphia, PA

Date of Publication: April 25, 1893

Size of Book: 8 x 6.25 x 0.5 inches

Number of Pages: 31 Numbered Pages + Pre and Post Script

Condition of Cover and Pages, any Discoloration Of Binding and/or Spine: Staining to leather covers, very light moisture wrinkling on one or two interior pages, leather is very malleable and has only slight fraying on spine.

 

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