Pencil, Thomas Dewey, 1944
date: label: date made
content: 1940s
name: label: referenced
content: Dewey, Thomas E.
notes: label: Description
content: Thomas Dewey, governor of New York, was the Republican nominee in 1944, the first presidential candidate born in the twentieth century. His running mate was John W. Bricker, governor of Ohio. Dewey lost this election to President Franklin D. Roosevelt who won an unprecedented fourth term.
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, General History 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: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1940.X27
label: accession number
content: 227739
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1940.X27
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pencil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pencil lead (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 1/4 in; 19.05 cm x .635 cm