Button, Harry S. Truman, 1948
date: label: date made
content: 1948
label: used date
content: 1948
name: label: referenced
content: Truman, Harry S.
notes: label: Description
content: Harry S. Truman assumed the presidency upon the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945. In what many observers called the greatest upset in presidential election history, Truman won his own full term in 1948 defeating three other candidates: Thomas Dewey (Republican), Strom Thurmond (States’ Rights Democratic), and Henry Wallace (Progressive) who finished in that order. The design on this button is very similar to one used in Roosevelt’s campaigns and by many subsequent candidates.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1948
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
label: See more items in
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: 2013.0211.065
label: accession number
content: 2013.0211
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0211.065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 3.175 cm