Button, William Howard Taft, 1908
date: label: date made
content: 1908
notes: label: Description
content: According to political historian Roger A. Fischer, this art nouveau button for the 1908 Republican presidential candidate William Howard Taft is representative of “the artistic pinnacle for political lapel devices.” Taft won the election handing Democratic challenger William Jennings Bryan the worst defeat of his three attempts to win the White House. Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs finished a distant third.
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: 2015.0200.171
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.171
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button