Button, Campaign

Object Name:

Button, Campaign

Object ID:

2024.020.12

Place of Origin:

New Hampshire

Date:

1998

Description:

Button, Campaign. Round campaign button, "RE-ELECT OUR GOVERNOR / JEANNE SHAHEEN '98," in red, white and blue with an image of Jeanne Shaheen in the center, 1998. Clasp pin on back.

Material:

Metal
Paper
Plastic

Dimensions:

Dia-3 inches

Provenance:

Political button collected by Sylvia Larsen (1949- ) primarily while serving as a New Hampshire state senator from 1994 to 2014. In 1996 Jeanne Shaheen became the first woman to be elected governor (78th) of New Hampshire. She was reelected in 1998 and 2000 but chose not to run in 2002.

Credit Line:

Gift of Sylvia B. Larsen

People:

Larsen, Sylvia (1949- ), Shaheen, Jeanne (1947- )

Subjects:

Campaigns, Political, Political campaigns, Political activity, Political elections, Politicians, Democratic Party