Object Details
Description
Republicans Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower and Richard “Dick” Nixon were first elected president and vice president in 1952, defeating their Democratic opponents Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman. When “Ike and Dick” ran for re-election in 1956, the Republican Platform promoted their ticket as very youth friendly: “As the Party of the Young and in glowing appreciation of his dynamic leadership and inspiration, we respectfully dedicate this Platform of the Party of the Future to our distinguished President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and to the Youth of America.” Teenagers not yet old enough to vote expressed their support by forming Junior Clubs. The Republicans once again defeated Stevenson, this time running with Estes Kefauver.
Credit Line
Gift of Goucher College
ID Number
PL.226888.056
accession number
226888
catalog number
226888.056
Object Name
button
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
white, red, gray, blue (overall color)
Measurements
overall: 2 1/2 in; 6.35 cm
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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_1694364