Button, Campaign
- Object Name:
- Button, Campaign
- Object ID:
- 1999.033.11
- Date:
- circa 1972
- Description:
- Campaign pin button, Spiro T. Agnew for Vice President, c. 1972. Plastic-covered paper on metal. Red, white, and blue: "WRITE-IN / AGNEW / VICE-PRESIDENT". Rim: "Fiscal Agent. Hon John R Bradshaw - Nelson N.H.", with union bug. Straight pin on back.
- Material:
- Metal
Paper
Plastic - Dimensions:
- Dia-1.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Spiro T. Agnew (1918-1996), Baltimore, MD. Governor of Maryland, 1966. Vice Presidential running mate with Richard Nixon, 1968 and 1972. In March 1972, Agnew won the N.H. Primary as a write-in candidate for Vice President. The candidate on the ballot was Austin Burton. Agnew won with 45,524 votes to Burton's 11,264.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Agnes Carlson Davie
- Subjects:
- Presidential primaries, Vice presidents
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