Landon Sunflower

Landon Sunflower Political Button Museum
Category
Political
Additional Images
Landon Sunflower button back Political Button Museum
Sub Categories
Illustrations
Litho
Text on Button LANDON
Image Description

Yellow illustration of a sunflower on a brown background with yellow text in the center
Back Paper / Back Info

BASTIAN BROS. CO. MFRS OF RIBBON, METAL AND CELLULOID NOVELTIES ROCHESTER, NY
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
3/4 inch
The Manufacturer
Bastian Bros. Co.
Additional Information

In the 1936 election for United States President, Alf Landon was the Republican opponent to the Democratic candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt. Landon, being the governor of Kansas at that time, adopted the sunflower as his campaign symbol, because Kansas was known as the Sunflower State. Landon lost the race to Roosevelt by a large margin. 
Sources

Cornell University Library. (2004). Symbols & Mascots. Retrieved August 12, 2019, from https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/vote/symbols/symbols_4.html

Kansas Historical Society. (2017, October). Alfred M. Landon. Retrieved August 12, 2019, from https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/alfred-m-landon/12126
Catalog ID PO0902