Button, Dwight Eisenhower, 1950s
notes: label: Description
content: Republicans Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower and Richard “Dick” Nixon were first elected president and vice president in 1952, defeating their Democratic opponents Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman. When “Ike and Dick” ran for re-election in 1956, the Republican Platform promoted their ticket as very youth friendly: “As the Party of the Young and in glowing appreciation of his dynamic leadership and inspiration, we respectfully dedicate this Platform of the Party of the Future to our distinguished President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and to the Youth of America.” Teenagers not yet old enough to vote expressed their support by forming Junior Clubs. The Republicans once again defeated Stevenson, this time running with Estes Kefauver.
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: Gift of Goucher College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.226888.056
label: accession number
content: 226888
label: catalog number
content: 226888.056
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white, red, gray, blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in; 6.35 cm