Button, Thomas Dewey, 1944
date: label: date made
content: 1944
notes: label: Description
content: In 1944, Governor Thomas Dewey of New York made the case that President Franklin D. Roosevelt should be denied a fourth term. Although the Republican’s argument did not stop Roosevelt’s victory, FDR won just over 53% of the vote and carried only 36 states making his last victory the closest of his four elections.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0200.130
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.130
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm