Wendell for President
Association
Wendell Lewis Willkie
(1892 Elwood, Indiana - 1944 New York, New York)
Date1940
Mediummetal
Dimensions1/4 × 7/8 in. (0.6 × 2.2 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Edward T. Peeples
Object numberPC1997.5.43
DescriptionThis campaign button was produced for Wendell Willkie's 1940 campaign for the United States presidency. Before running for the presidency, Willkie was the corporate president for the utilities company, Commonwealth & Southern Corporation. Willkie spent his time with C&S battling the federally funded Tennessee Valley Authority, that supplied power in competition with C&S. Willkie then decided to run for president through a fractured Republican party, running on a interventionist bill. Willkie lost the election to incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt. The button is red, white and blue with blue and white text. Text reads "FOR / WILLKIE / PRESIDENT."On View
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