Woodrow Wilson Campaign Button, 1912-1916
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Artifact Overview
The Democratic Party chose progressive New Jersey governor Woodrow Wilson as its presidential nominee in 1912. Wilson defeated incumbent President Taft, former President Theodore Roosevelt and Socialist candidate Eugene Debs to become the nation's 28th president. He then won reelection by a narrow margin in 1916. Wilson became the first Democrat to win back-to-back presidential elections since Andrew Jackson in 1832.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Button (Information artifact)
Date Made
1912-1916
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Manufactured by the Whitehead & Hoag Company and the Allied Printing Trades Council, Newark, New Jersey.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
72.31.334
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Celluloid (Cellulosic)
Tin (Metal)
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Diameter: 0.875 in
Inscriptions
Front:
FOR PRESIDENT | WILSON
Back:
THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. | NEWARK, N.J.
[Allied Printing Trades Council, Newark, N.J. union label]
PATENTED | APRIL 14, 1896, JULY 21, 1896"
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