Button, Harry S. Truman, 1948
date: label: date made
content: 1948
name: label: referenced
content: Truman, Harry S.
notes: label: Description
content: Harry S. Truman assumed the presidency upon the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945. In the first months of his administration, Truman began to promote “fair dealing” domestically for farmers, labor, and business and internationally for persons recovering from the Second World War. Using words that reminded voters of earlier presidential visions—the Square Deal (Theodore Roosevelt) and the New Deal (Franklin D. Roosevelt)—by 1947 Truman was advocating that “if we get a fair deal for everybody, why the country will be all right.”
label: Description
content: Truman ran for a full term in his own right in 1948. Even though his policy program would not become knowns as the “Fair Deal” until after the election, the phrase became part of his campaign. Truman won the election defeating three other candidates: Thomas Dewey (Republican), Strom Thurmond (States’ Rights Democratic), and Henry Wallace (Progressive) who finished in that order.
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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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: Robert N. Ferrell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.1040.704
label: catalog number
content: 1986.1040.704
label: accession number
content: 1986.1040
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white, red, blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm