Object Details
associated person
Landon, Alfred M.
Description
Alf Landon and Frank Knox were the 1936 Republican nominees for president and vice president. Because Landon was the governor of Kansas many of his campaign items featured its state flower. The sunflower printed on this button is echoed in the surrounding cloth rosette. Landon and Knox lost in a landslide to Democratic incumbents President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President John Nance Garner. The Republicans, who failed even to carry Kansas, received only eight Electoral College votes, the fewest ever recorded for a second-place candidate.
Credit Line
Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana
ID Number
PL.227739.1936.X06
catalog number
227739.1936.X06
accession number
227739
Object Name
Button
Physical Description
paper; metal (overall material)
tan; brown, white (overall color)
Measurements
overall: 1 in x 3 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 8.255 cm
Associated Place
United States: Kansas
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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
general subject association
Political Campaigns
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_491776