Button, John McCain, 2008
date: label: date made
content: 2008
notes: label: Description
content: John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, was defeated by his Democratic opponent Barack Obama. This button features a photograph of the Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin where, on March 20, 1854, a small group met to form a new political party. The organizer recalled, "We went into the little meeting held in a school house Whigs, Free Soilers, and Democrats. We came out of it Republicans and we were the first Republicans in the Union."
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0200.185
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.185
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button