Badge, Wendell Willkie, 1940
name: label: associated person
content: Willkie, Wendell L.
label: associated institution
content: Republican National Party
notes: label: Description
content: Wendell Willkie was the Republican nominee for president in 1940. Formerly a registered Democrat, Willkie was the first major party candidate whose professional credentials were primarily as a corporate executive. He was defeated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt who was re-elected to a historic third term.
topic: label: general subject association
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: Ralph E. Becker of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1940.J18
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1940.J18
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Badge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 2 in; 13.335 cm x 5.08 cm