McCarthy for President

McCarthy for President Political Button Museum
Category
Political
Additional Images
McCarthy for President button back Political Button Museum
Sub Categories
Animals
Text on Button INDEPENDENT MCCARTHY FOR PRESIDENT '76
Image Description

Blue text and a small illustration of an eagle on a white background
Curl Text PAID FOR McCARTHY 76'ILL...RICHARD SMITH TRES.
Back Style
Locking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 3/4 inch
Year / Decade Made
1970s
1976
Additional Information

Eugene McCarthy was a politician from the state of Minnesota who ran as an Independent in the 1976 United States Presidential election.  He came in third, behind Jimmy Carter and incumbent President Ford.  McCarthy had previously been connected with the Democratic Party, having run for the Democratic nomination in both the 1968 and 1972 party primaries.  The 1976 marked McCarthy's departure from the Democratic Party until 1992, when he would, for the last time, run for the Democratic nomination.
Catalog ID PO0278