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Richard Nixon served as the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until 1974. During his first term, from 1969 to 1973, he was generally well liked by the American people, as he withdrew America from the Vietnam War and negotiated the release of American POW's and established the Environmental Protection Agency. His second term, however, was steeped in controversy after the Watergate scandal broke in the early 1970s. Once the illegal activities committed by the Nixon administration and the subsequent attempts by Nixon to cover up events were revealed, the impeachment process was initiated. Nixon resigned in August 1974, the only President to do so, before the House of Representatives could impeach him.

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The People for Ford (PFF) was a volunteer initiative for the President Ford Committee developed to target special voter groups where similar For Ford slogans were also created for Hungarian, Ukrainian, Serbian, and others for direct efforts in gaining support from these groups. The PFF also targeted women, farmers, senior citizens and professional groups.

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. entered into politics as a member of the House of Representatives which led him to become Minority Leader and House Speaker. Upon the resignation of U. S. President Spiro Agnew, Ford was appointed by President Nixon to assume the vice-presidency. Ford would go on to become the 38th President of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon. Ford is the only U.S. president who had never been elected to national office. Ford died December 26, 2006. 

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James “Mac” Warren, a member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), ran for President of the United States in 1988. His running mate was Kathleen Mickells a coal miner and oil refinery worker from Nebraska who herself also was an avid member of the SWP. Warren garnered slightly over 15,000 votes in 1988 and in another attempt in 1992 was more successful with around 23,000 votes. The Socialist Workers Party was founded in 1938 and has been a small but active force in the U.S. political landscape with participation by candidates in every Presidential election since 1948. 

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In December 1974, Jimmy Carter announced his candidacy for President of the United States. His campaign included themes of domestic inequality, optimism, and change. The campaign’s colors of green and white were a departure from the traditional red, white and blue and signified Carter’s background as a peanut farmer. Carter secured the democratic nomination and would eventually win the 1976 election to become the 39th President of the United States defeating Gerald Ford.

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Jimmy Carter is a former senator, governor, and 39th president of the United States. He began his political career by serving on the Georgia State Senate from 1963-1967. In 1976 he shocked the Democratic party leadership by winning the Iowa caucus in pursuit of the Democratic nomination for president. Carter's campaign released a series of green buttons which were a departure from traditional red, white, and blue political buttons. The color signified Carter's background as a peanut farmer. Carter eventually secured the nomination and won the 1976 election against Republican Gerald Ford. 

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Hillary Rodham Clinton was the First Lady of the United States while her husband, William "Bill" Clinton served as President of the United States from 1992 to 1996. In November 1996, Bill was successfully re-elected for a second term and so Hillary remained the First Lady an additional four years until 2001.

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Nixon is fearrde tú means Nixon is the One in Gaelic (Irish). This button is part of a set produced in various languages such as Italian, Spanish and German representing Richard Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign slogan “Nixon is the One”.

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, when he resigned from office facing impeachment due to the Watergate scandal. He is the only president to resign from office. He died in April 22, 1994 in New York.

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As early as 1940, political jokes began incorporating the ‘Nobody for President’ sentiment in the mainstream public discourse. However, with the tumultuous events of the 1960’s and the rise of the counter-culture the joke started to gain some credible ground. In 1964, humor columnist Arthur Hoppe, created the satirical campaign to elect ‘Nobody For President’ and in a series of columns pretended to be working for the campaign office. This satire piece found a strong audience in the counter-culture of the 1960’s and even into the 1970’s did the joke continue to be referenced. By the 1976 Presidential elections, political activists Wavy Gravy and Curtis Spangler revived the joke campaign and brought it to the forefront of anti-establishment politics. The satirical campaign lives on today, operating a website at http://www.nobodyforpresident.org/ to carry on Hoppe’s work into the modern era. 

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Pat Paulsen was a comedian and satirist that participated in six Presidential elections from 1968-1996. His campaigns largely focused on comedy rather than political objectives garnering him few serious supporters. Paulsen was more notable for his comedy sketches on the The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour or his regular appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

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Ronald Reagan was an actor and union leader who became involved with politics in the 1960s. He was the Governor of California from 1966 to 1974. In 1968 he unsuccessfully ran against Richard Nixon to become the Republican Party's nominee for President. Reagan campaigned that he would balance the budget by freezing hiring and raising taxes.