McKinley-Roosevelt Campaign Button, 1900
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Republicans renominated President William McKinley for a second term in 1900. During McKinley's first administration (1896-1900), America had recovered from the economic depression that began in 1893. This campaign button touted that prosperity to a key Republican voting bloc: blue-collar workers. These working-class voters backed economic policies that kept them working and their dinner buckets full. McKinley won.
Republicans renominated President William McKinley for a second term in 1900. During McKinley's first administration (1896-1900), America had recovered from the economic depression that began in 1893. This campaign button touted that prosperity to a key Republican voting bloc: blue-collar workers. These working-class voters backed economic policies that kept them working and their dinner buckets full. McKinley won.
Artifact
Button (Information artifact)
Date Made
1900
Subject Date
1900
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
72.31.140
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Celluloid (Cellulosic)
Tin (Metal)
Dimensions
Diameter: 1.25 in
Inscriptions
Printed on button: EMPLOYMENT / FOR / LABOR / A FULL DINNER BUCKET / PROSPERITY / SOUND MONEY-GOOD MARKETS. Printed on paper inserted in back: ALLIED PRINTING TRADES COMPANY (union label) / BUTTON MADE BY / THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A. / PAT. APRIL 14, 1896, / JULY 21, 1896.
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