Button, Jimmy Carter, 1976
Button, Jimmy Carter, 1976
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- Description
- Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia (top) and Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota were the Democratic nominees for president and vice president in 1976. They defeated the Republican ticket of President Gerald Ford and Senator Bob Dole of Kansas. Interestingly, all four of these men were at various times the losing candidate for president—Ford in 1976, Carter in 1980, Mondale in 1984, and Dole in 1996.
- Object Name
- button
- date made
- 1976
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/4 in; 4.445 cm
- ID Number
- 2015.0200.074
- catalog number
- 2015.0200.074
- accession number
- 2015.0200
- 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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