Search
- George Wallace Campaign Button, 1968 - George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, was the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968. Wallace hoped his "law and order" and populist rhetoric would sway enough voters to throw the election into the House of Representatives. Though he captured five Deep South states and 46 electoral votes it wasn't enough. Republican Richard Nixon's 301 electoral votes -- over Democrat Hubert Humphrey's 191 -- was thirty-one more than needed.
- 1968
- Collections - Artifact
George Wallace Campaign Button, 1968
George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, was the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968. Wallace hoped his "law and order" and populist rhetoric would sway enough voters to throw the election into the House of Representatives. Though he captured five Deep South states and 46 electoral votes it wasn't enough. Republican Richard Nixon's 301 electoral votes -- over Democrat Hubert Humphrey's 191 -- was thirty-one more than needed.
- George Wallace Campaign Button, 1968 - George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, was the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968. Wallace hoped his "law and order" and populist rhetoric would sway enough voters to throw the election into the House of Representatives. Though he captured five Deep South states and 46 electoral votes it wasn't enough. Republican Richard Nixon's 301 electoral votes -- over Democrat Hubert Humphrey's 191 -- was thirty-one more than needed.
- 1968
- Collections - Artifact
George Wallace Campaign Button, 1968
George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, was the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968. Wallace hoped his "law and order" and populist rhetoric would sway enough voters to throw the election into the House of Representatives. Though he captured five Deep South states and 46 electoral votes it wasn't enough. Republican Richard Nixon's 301 electoral votes -- over Democrat Hubert Humphrey's 191 -- was thirty-one more than needed.
- George Wallace Campaign Button,1972-1976 - George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, attempted to win the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1972 and 1976. Wallace, the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968, made a strong showing in 1972 but an assassination attempt that left the candidate paralyzed effectively ended his candidacy. In 1976, Wallace could not gain traction against another southern governor -- and eventually winner -- Jimmy Carter.
- 1972-1976
- Collections - Artifact
George Wallace Campaign Button,1972-1976
George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, attempted to win the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1972 and 1976. Wallace, the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968, made a strong showing in 1972 but an assassination attempt that left the candidate paralyzed effectively ended his candidacy. In 1976, Wallace could not gain traction against another southern governor -- and eventually winner -- Jimmy Carter.
- Wallace-LeMay Campaign Button, 1968 - George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, was the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968. Wallace hoped his "law and order" and populist rhetoric would sway enough voters to throw the election into the House of Representatives. Though he captured five Deep South states and 46 electoral votes it wasn't enough. Republican Richard Nixon's 301 electoral votes -- over Democrat Hubert Humphrey's 191 -- was thirty-one more than needed.
- 1968
- Collections - Artifact
Wallace-LeMay Campaign Button, 1968
George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, was the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968. Wallace hoped his "law and order" and populist rhetoric would sway enough voters to throw the election into the House of Representatives. Though he captured five Deep South states and 46 electoral votes it wasn't enough. Republican Richard Nixon's 301 electoral votes -- over Democrat Hubert Humphrey's 191 -- was thirty-one more than needed.
- George Wallace Campaign Button, 1968 - George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, was the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968. Wallace hoped his "law and order" and populist rhetoric would sway enough voters to throw the election into the House of Representatives. Though he captured five Deep South states and 46 electoral votes it wasn't enough. Republican Richard Nixon's 301 electoral votes -- over Democrat Hubert Humphrey's 191 -- was thirty-one more than needed.
- 1968
- Collections - Artifact
George Wallace Campaign Button, 1968
George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, was the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968. Wallace hoped his "law and order" and populist rhetoric would sway enough voters to throw the election into the House of Representatives. Though he captured five Deep South states and 46 electoral votes it wasn't enough. Republican Richard Nixon's 301 electoral votes -- over Democrat Hubert Humphrey's 191 -- was thirty-one more than needed.
- George Wallace Campaign Button, 1968 - George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, was the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968. Wallace hoped his "law and order" and populist rhetoric would sway enough voters to throw the election into the House of Representatives. Though he captured five Deep South states and 46 electoral votes it wasn't enough. Republican Richard Nixon's 301 electoral votes -- over Democrat Hubert Humphrey's 191 -- was thirty-one more than needed.
- 1968
- Collections - Artifact
George Wallace Campaign Button, 1968
George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, was the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968. Wallace hoped his "law and order" and populist rhetoric would sway enough voters to throw the election into the House of Representatives. Though he captured five Deep South states and 46 electoral votes it wasn't enough. Republican Richard Nixon's 301 electoral votes -- over Democrat Hubert Humphrey's 191 -- was thirty-one more than needed.
- George Wallace Campaign Button, 1968 - George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, was the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968. Wallace hoped his "law and order" and populist rhetoric would sway enough voters to throw the election into the House of Representatives. Though he captured five Deep South states and 46 electoral votes it wasn't enough. Republican Richard Nixon's 301 electoral votes -- over Democrat Hubert Humphrey's 191 -- was thirty-one more than needed.
- 1968
- Collections - Artifact
George Wallace Campaign Button, 1968
George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, was the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968. Wallace hoped his "law and order" and populist rhetoric would sway enough voters to throw the election into the House of Representatives. Though he captured five Deep South states and 46 electoral votes it wasn't enough. Republican Richard Nixon's 301 electoral votes -- over Democrat Hubert Humphrey's 191 -- was thirty-one more than needed.
- George Wallace Campaign Button, 1972-1976 - George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, attempted to win the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1972 and 1976. Wallace, the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968, made a strong showing in 1972 but an assassination attempt that left the candidate paralyzed effectively ended his candidacy. In 1976, Wallace could not gain traction against another southern governor -- and eventually winner -- Jimmy Carter.
- 1972-1976
- Collections - Artifact
George Wallace Campaign Button, 1972-1976
George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, attempted to win the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1972 and 1976. Wallace, the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968, made a strong showing in 1972 but an assassination attempt that left the candidate paralyzed effectively ended his candidacy. In 1976, Wallace could not gain traction against another southern governor -- and eventually winner -- Jimmy Carter.
- George Wallace Campaign Button, 1968 - George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, was the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968. Wallace hoped his "law and order" and populist rhetoric would sway enough voters to throw the election into the House of Representatives. Though he captured five Deep South states and 46 electoral votes it wasn't enough. Republican Richard Nixon's 301 electoral votes -- over Democrat Hubert Humphrey's 191 -- was thirty-one more than needed.
- 1968
- Collections - Artifact
George Wallace Campaign Button, 1968
George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, was the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968. Wallace hoped his "law and order" and populist rhetoric would sway enough voters to throw the election into the House of Representatives. Though he captured five Deep South states and 46 electoral votes it wasn't enough. Republican Richard Nixon's 301 electoral votes -- over Democrat Hubert Humphrey's 191 -- was thirty-one more than needed.
- George Wallace Campaign Button, 1972-1976 - George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, attempted to win the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1972 and 1976. Wallace, the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968, made a strong showing in 1972 but an assassination attempt that left the candidate paralyzed effectively ended his candidacy. In 1976, Wallace could not gain traction against another southern governor -- and eventually winner -- Jimmy Carter.
- 1972-1976
- Collections - Artifact
George Wallace Campaign Button, 1972-1976
George Wallace, Alabama's segregationist governor, attempted to win the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1972 and 1976. Wallace, the American Independent Party's presidential candidate in 1968, made a strong showing in 1972 but an assassination attempt that left the candidate paralyzed effectively ended his candidacy. In 1976, Wallace could not gain traction against another southern governor -- and eventually winner -- Jimmy Carter.