Bell, Wendell Willkie, 1940
name: label: associated person
content: Willkie, Wendell L.
notes: label: Description
content: This small bell encouraged the holder to “Ring for Willkie and McNary,” the 1940 Republican national ticket. Formerly a registered Democrat, Wendell Willkie was the first major party candidate whose professional credentials were primarily as a corporate executive. He chose Senator Charles McNary of Oregon as his running mate. They were defeated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was re-elected to a historic third term, and his new vice-presidential candidate Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace. (Wallace replaced John Nance Garner who had served as vice president during FDR’s first two terms.)
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: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1940.X23
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1940.X23
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bell
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 1 in x 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 2.54 cm x 1.905 cm