Button, Campaign

Object Name:

Button, Campaign

Object ID:

2025.014.03-.04

Date:

1952-1956

Description:

Buttons, Campaign. Pair of round pin-back buttons for Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1952 campaign for president or reelection in 1956. The buttons read, "I LIKE IKE AND DICK" in red white and blue with three white stars on the bottom blue field.

Material:

Metal
Paper

Dimensions:

Dia-0.825 inches

Provenance:

Campaign buttons owned by Ruth Louise Beede (1910-1996) and worn either during Eisenhower's 1952 campaign for president, or reelection in 1956. The buttons stayed in the family until they were put up for auction in 2025 from the John Way Beede Estate of Meredith, NH.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund

People:

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1890-1969), Beede, Ruth Louise (1910-1996), Nixon, Richard (1913-1994)

Subjects:

Elections, Presidents, Presidential primaries, Presidential nominee, Presidential elections, Presidential candidates