Pin, William Jennings Bryan, 1896
date: label: date made
content: 1896
notes: label: Description
content: William Jennings Bryan’s 1896 presidential campaign used many different pins in the shape of a “silver bug” to reflect the Democratic Party’s endorsement of the silver standard. Republican pins featured a “gold bug,” the nickname given to supporters of the gold standard which was the preferred Republican policy. Both campaigns produced versions of this mechanical “bug” pin. The wearer pressed a button causing the wings to open revealing images of the appropriate candidates. This pin shows Bryan and his running mate Arthur Sewall, a businessman from Maine. Bryan and Sewall were defeated by the Republican ticket of William McKinley and Garret Hobart.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Robert N. Ferrell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.1040.014
label: catalog number
content: 1986.1040.014
label: accession number
content: 1986.1040
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pin