Button, Strom Thurmond, 1948
date: label: date made
content: 1948
label: used date
content: 1948
name: label: referenced
content: Thurmond, Strom
notes: label: Description
content: Strom Thurmond, governor of South Carolina, was the 1948 presidential nominee of the States’ Rights Democratic Party more commonly known as the Dixiecrats. On July 14, 1948, delegates from several Southern states walked out of the Democratic National Convention in opposition to the party platform’s support for civil rights. Three days later, the States’ Rights Party held their own convention, developed a platform supporting racial segregation, and nominated Thurmond for president and Fielding Wright, governor of Mississippi, for vice president. They carried four states but nationally received only 2.4% of the popular vote finishing third behind President Harry S. Truman and Alben Barkley (Democrat) and Thomas Dewey and Earl Warren (Republican) but ahead of Henry Wallace and Glen Taylor (Progressive). Thurmond later served as Senator from South Carolina for over 46 years retiring just after his 100th birthday.
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
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0211.076
label: accession number
content: 2013.0211
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0211.076
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 in x 1 in; 2.54 cm x 2.54 cm