Landon/Knox GOP

Manufacturer / Maker unidentified

Association Alfred Mossman Landon (1887 West Middlesex, Pennsylvania - 1987 Topeka, Kansas)

Association William Franklin Knox (1874 Boston, Massachusetts - 1944 Washington, District of Columbia)

Date1936

Mediummetal, felt

Dimensions2 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 1/4 in. (5.7 × 6.4 × 0.6 cm)

ClassificationsCommunication Objects

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Edward T. Peeples

Object numberPC1997.5.31

DescriptionThis campaign button was produced for Alfred Landon's 1936 bid for the United States presidency, along with his vice presidential candidate, Frank Knox. Landon and Knox lost the election to incumbent Democrat, Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Republican Party lost the election after only obtaining 8 electoral votes, to the Democrats' 523 votes. Before the election, Landon was the Governor of Kansas, as Knox worked as a publisher and part owner of the Chicago Daily News. The button is brown with a felt yellow sunflower extension protruding from behind the button. The Button has a yellow image of the Republican party elephant with "GOP" written on its back. "LANDON" is written above the elephant, with "KNOX" written below, both in yellow.

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