Campaign of Thomas Edmund Dewey (American, 1902 – 1971)

Pin-back button

1942

Place madeUnited States, North America

Metal

Overall: 1/8 in. × 7/8 in. (0.3 × 2.2 cm)

Gift of Bella C. Landauer

2002.1.3804

Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) of Pawling, Dutchess County, N.Y.; U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; Governor of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President of the United States, 1944, 1948.

DescriptionAn ivory colored pinback campaign button with a central blue eagle encircled by "DEWEY / HANLEY", from the 1942 New York Gubernatorial election in which Dewey was winner.

ClassificationsLANDAUER COLLECTION OF BUSINESS AND ADVERTISING EPHEMERA

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