Sign, anti-Harry S. Truman, 1952
date: label: date made
content: 1952
name: label: described
content: Truman, Harry S.
notes: label: Description
content: In April 1945, three months into his fourth term, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died and Vice President Harry S. Truman ascended to the presidency. Truman won a full term in his own right in 1948 and was eligible to run again in 1952. (The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution which limits presidential terms was ratified in 1951 but Truman, as sitting president, was exempt from its restrictions.) However, by the time the primary season started, Truman’s approval rating had fallen to approximately 22%. As this campaign novelty made by J.B. McMullen predicted, Truman was through in 1952. Less than three weeks after finishing second in New Hampshire, the opening primary, President Truman announced he would not seek re-election. The Democratic nomination went to Adlai Stevenson who lost the general election to his Republican opponent, Dwight Eisenhower.
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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: U.S. Legislative Branch, Library of Congress, Exchange and Gift Division
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.1081.187
label: accession number
content: 1984.1081
label: catalog number
content: 1984.1081.187
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Carving, Wood
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 9 3/4 in; 4.445 cm x 24.765 cm