For President McGovern

Photograph of George McGovern's head and shoulders on a white background.  Red text is curved above photograph.  Red outer edge of button with white stars, white stripes and a curved oval shape containing blue text.

Author, historian, and US Representative from South Dakota, George McGovern was the Democratic candidate for President of the United States in 1972. McGovern was very outspoken against the Vietnam War, he was supportive of women's rights and the legalization of marijuana. He lost in a landslide to the incumbent Richard Nixon.