Object Details
- Description
- Republicans Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower and Richard “Dick” Nixon were first elected president and vice president in 1952, defeating their Democratic opponents Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman. When “Ike and Dick” ran for re-election in 1956, the Republican Platform promoted their ticket as very youth friendly: “As the Party of the Young and in glowing appreciation of his dynamic leadership and inspiration, we respectfully dedicate this Platform of the Party of the Future to our distinguished President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and to the Youth of America.” Teenagers not yet old enough to vote expressed their support by forming Junior Clubs. The Republicans once again defeated Stevenson, this time running with Estes Kefauver.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Goucher College
- ID Number
- PL.226888.056
- accession number
- 226888
- catalog number
- 226888.056
- Object Name
- button
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- white, red, gray, blue (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/2 in; 6.35 cm
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- Political Campaigns
- Record ID
- nmah_1694364
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b1-d793-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
