Republican candidate Wendell Willkie looked for many ways to challenge his Democratic opponent President Franklin D. Roosevelt who ran for an unprecedented third term in 1940. This button attacked FDR’s popular radio speeches. Negative slogans like this one were unsuccessful as FDR won re-election easily.
Date Made: 1940
Referenced: Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Used: Political CampaignsRelated Event: Presidential Campaign of 1940
Subject:
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
Data Source: National Museum of American History
Id Number: 2003.0317.119Catalog Number: 2003.0317.119Accession Number: 2003.0317
Object Name: Button
Physical Description: metal (overall material)white; blue (overall color)Measurements: overall: 1 3/8 in; x 3.4925 cm
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-185a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_1250363
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