Button, Wendell Willkie, 1940
date: label: Date made
content: 1940
name: label: referenced
content: Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
notes: label: Description
content: President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s decision to run for an unprecedented third term in 1940 was attacked in a variety of ways by his Republican challenger Wendell Willkie. One argument was that it smacked of monarchy, hence “no crown.” The majority of voters were apparently less concerned about this issue as FDR won the election easily.
topic: label: referenced
content: Political Campaigns
label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1940
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Timothy D. W. Connelly in memory of Gordon Montgomery Connelly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0317.121
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0317.121
label: accession number
content: 2003.0317
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white; blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in; x 3.4925 cm