Youth for Roosevelt

Youth for Roosevelt Political Button Museum
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Text on Button COOK COUNTY YOUNG DEMOCRATS YOUTH FOR ROOSEVELT
Image Description

White text on an upper blue edge, red and blue text on a white background
Back Paper / Back Info

GREENDUCK CO. CHICAGO
PAT FEB 13 1817
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
7/8 inch
Year / Decade Made
1940
The Manufacturer
Green Duck Co.
Additional Information

Cook County is located in Northern Illinois and includes Chicago and a number of suburbs in the area. The Cook County Democratic Party comprises 50 wards and 30 suburban Illinois townships. The 1940 chairman of the Cook County Democrats, Patrick A. Nash, along with Chicago mayor Edward J. Nash, were staunch supporters of Roosevelt. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was nominated for a third term at the Democratic National Convention at Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois, on July 18, 1940.
Sources

Encyclopedia of Chicago. (2005). Machine politics. Retrieved from http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/774.html
Catalog ID CL0509