Badge, Thomas Dewey, 1948
name: label: associated person
content: Dewey, Thomas E.
label: associated institution
content: Republican National Party
notes: label: Description
content: Governor Thomas Dewey of New York was the Republican candidate for president in 1948, his second failed attempt to win the White House. He lost to the Democratic candidate President Harry S. Truman who successfully retained the office he had assumed after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
setName: label: See more items in
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.227739.1948.J01
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1948.J01
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Badge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, textile (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red, white, black, blue, gold (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 4.445 cm