Charles Evans Hughes Campaign Button, 1916
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In 1916, Republicans nominated Charles Evans Hughes for president. Hughes, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, was a compromise candidate selected to unite the party's conservative and progressive wings. Hughes and his running mate, former Vice President Charles Fairbanks, seemed a formidable pair. But it wasn't enough. Voters gave incumbent President Woodrow Wilson a narrow victory.
In 1916, Republicans nominated Charles Evans Hughes for president. Hughes, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, was a compromise candidate selected to unite the party's conservative and progressive wings. Hughes and his running mate, former Vice President Charles Fairbanks, seemed a formidable pair. But it wasn't enough. Voters gave incumbent President Woodrow Wilson a narrow victory.
Artifact
Button (Information artifact)
Date Made
1916
Creators
Allied Printing Trades Council (Rochester, N.Y.)
Place of Creation
United States, New York, Rochester
Creator Notes
Manufactured by the Bastian Brothers Company and the Allied Printing Trades Council, Rochester, New York.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
72.31.351
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Celluloid (Cellulosic)
Tin (Metal)
Color
Sepia (Color)
Dimensions
Diameter: 1.25 in
Inscriptions
Front: FOR PRESIDENT | CHARLES E. HUGHES Side: [Allied Printing Trades Council, Rochester, N.Y. union label] Stamped in metal on back: BASTAIN BROS. CO. | ROCHESTER, N.Y.
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