Campaign Button, McKinley, 1900
Campaign Button, McKinley, 1900
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- Description
- Campaign button for the 1900 William McKinley presidential campaign in which he ran for re-election on the slogan “A Full Dinner Pail”, meant to emphasize the prosperity of his first term.
- Object Name
- Button
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm
- ID Number
- 1986.1040.035
- catalog number
- 1986.1040.035
- accession number
- 1986.1040
- Credit Line
- Robert N. Ferrell
- subject
- Political Campaigns
- See more items in
- Political and Military 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
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