Charles Evans Hughes Campaign Button, 1916
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Artifact Overview
In 1916, Republicans nominated Charles Evans Hughes for president. Hughes, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, was a compromise candidate selected to unite the party's conservative and progressive wings. Hughes and his running mate, former Vice President Charles Fairbanks, seemed a formidable pair. But it wasn't enough. Voters gave incumbent President Woodrow Wilson a narrow victory.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Button (Information artifact)
Date Made
1916
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Manufactured by the Bastian Brothers Company and the Allied Printing Trades Council, Rochester, New York.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
72.31.351
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Celluloid (Cellulosic)
Tin (Metal)
Color
Sepia (Color)
Dimensions
Diameter: 1.25 in
Inscriptions
Front:
FOR PRESIDENT | CHARLES E. HUGHES
Side:
[Allied Printing Trades Council, Rochester, N.Y. union label]
Stamped in metal on back:
BASTAIN BROS. CO. | ROCHESTER, N.Y.
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