America's Hope

America's Hope Political Button Museum
Category
Political
Additional Images
America's Hope button back Political Button Museum
Sub Categories
Photographs
Text on Button AMERICA'S HOPE WENDELL L. WILLKIE
Image Description

Photograph of Wendell Willkie with black text on a white background.
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 1/4 inch
Year / Decade Made
1940
1940s
Additional Information

Wendell Willkie was a lawyer and business man who ran for President in 1940 as the Republican nominee. He lost the presidential race to Franklin D. Roosevelt who served four terms as President. Willkie was a WWI veteran who saw no action during the war and later served as the president of the Akron Bar Association after becoming a lawyer. He attempted to run for President again in 1944, but lost the nomination to Thomas Dewey.
Sources

Wendell Willkie. (2018). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Willkie
Catalog ID PO0718