Taft Stripes

Taft Stripes Political Button Museum
Category
Political
Additional Images
Taft Stripes button back Political Button Museum
Sub Categories
Presidents
Congress
Litho
Text on Button TAFT
Image Description

Blue text printed on a white background, centered between orange and white stripes.
Back Style
Tab
The Shape
Circle
The Size
3/4 inch
Additional Information

Senator Robert Alphonso Taft, son of President William Howard Taft, was a three term Republican US Senator from Cincinnati, Ohio. He was known for being financially conservative, but opposed prohibition, the Ku Klux Klan and World War II, which cost him political support. He sought the presidential office three times, but lost his final GOP presidential nomination to President Eisenhower in 1952. Taft became majority leader in the Senate in 1953 but, soon after, died from cancer.
Catalog ID PO0016