Button, Bob Dole, 1996

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Object Details

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Kemp, Jack

Description

Bob Dole, senator from Kansas, was the 1996 Republican nominee for president. His running mate was Jack Kemp who had previously served as both Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and representative from New York. The Dole-Kemp ticket lost to their Democratic opponents President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore.

Twenty years earlier, Bob Dole had been the vice-presidential candidate on President Gerald Ford’s losing ticket. These two losses make Dole the only major party candidate in U.S. history to have been nominated for both president and vice president without winning either office

date made

1996

associated dates

1996 08 12 / 1996 08 12, 1996 08 16 / 1996 08 16

ID Number

1996.0282.123

catalog number

1996.0282.123

accession number

1996.0282

Object Name

Button

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

red (overall color)

white (overall color)

blue (overall color)

round (overall shape)

Measurements

average spatial: 1 1/4 in; x 3.175 cm

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Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection

American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith

Exhibition

American Democracy

Exhibition Location

National Museum of American History

Data Source