Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901; Political collectibles; Campaign paraphernalia; Buttons; Presidents -- United States; Indiana; Indiana -- History; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1888; Souvenirs (Keepsakes)
Benjamin Harrison and Levi Morton represented the Republican Party in the 1888 Presidential election. The campaign gave away banners, buttons, ribbons and bandanas like this one to inspire voters to vote for them. In swing states Indiana and New...
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945; Campaign paraphernalia; Political collectibles; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1944
By the 1944 Presidential election, Franklin D. Roosevelt had been President of the United States for eleven years! Now running with the little known Senator Harry S. Truman, Roosevelt and Truman struggled to lead the country during World War II....
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Presidents -- United States; Campaign paraphernalia; Political collectibles; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1944
The tradition of campaign souvenirs began in the 1840 presidential campaign. More than 100 years later, Dwight D. Eisenhower, nicknamed Ike, used these buttons to easily win the United States 42nd Presidential election in 1952 against Adlai...
McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Political collectibles; Campaign paraphernalia; Buttons; Presidents--United States; Indiana -- History; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1896; Souvenirs (Keepsakes)
William McKinley and Garrett Hobart soundly defeated William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewell in the 1896 Presidential election. After service in the civil war and attending law school, McKinley worked actively in politics. After representing Ohio...
