Button, William McKinley, 1896
notes: label: Description
content: Portrait buttons were popular during the campaigns of William McKinley in part because they required less explanation than some of the buttons and pins keyed to his economic policies. The last Civil War veteran to be elected president, McKinley was governor of Ohio when he ran his first national campaign. The Republican nominee in 1896 and again in 1900, McKinley defeated his Democratic challenger William Jennings Bryan both times.
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: 2015.0200.155
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.155
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in; 3.81 cm