Nixon and Lodge/The Winning Team
Sitter
Richard Milhous Nixon
(1913 Yorba Linda, California - 1994 New York, New York)
Sitter
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
(1902 Nahant, Massachusetts - 1985 Beverly, Massachusetts)
Date1960
Mediummetal
Dimensions1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (0.6 × 3.5 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Edward T. Peeples
Object numberPC1997.5.8
DescriptionThis campaign button was produced for Richard M. Nixon's 1960 presidential bid, with his running mate Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Although Nixon and Lodge lost the election, Nixon would later serve a full term as president. He resigned from office in 1974 during his second term after audio tapes revealed his involvement in the Watergate scandal, a plot to break into his political opponent’s headquarters and steal sensitive documents. Nixon holds a significant place in American history, remembered for his administration’s role in the Vietnam War, being the only U.S. president to resign from office, and overseeing the first moon landing in 1969. The button is red white and blue and has black and white images of Nixon and Lodge. There is text which reads "THE WINNING TEAM /NIXON / AND / LODGE."On View
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