Badge, Theodore Roosevelt, 1904
name: label: associated person
content: Roosevelt, Theodore
notes: label: Description
content: In 1898, Theodore Roosevelt resigned his position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to accept command of the First U.S. Volunteer Calvary, more commonly known as the Rough Riders. Led by Colonel Roosevelt, the unit garnered more publicity than any other during the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt’s war hero image helped him become governor of New York in 1899 and vice president under William McKinley less than two years later when they defeated the Democratic ticket of William Jennings Bryan and Adlai Stevenson. Just six months into their term McKinley was assassinated and Roosevelt became president. In 1904 he ran for a full term in his own right defeating Democrat Alton Parker. The Republicans capitalized on his fame as a war hero and images of Roosevelt as a soldier appeared on many artifacts in both his vice presidential and presidential campaigns. This 1904 campaign badge features small cavalry swords modeled on those Roosevelt carried into battle.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1904.J13
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1904.J13
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Badge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red, white, blue, gold (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall on mount: 5 in x 3 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 8.89 cm