A black and white photo of a man appears in the button's center. Above and below this image is black text. Directly behind the image of the man is the municipal flag of Chicago: two blue bars with red six-pointed stars between them (only 2/4 stars are visible).

Hizzoner was a 2006 play written and performed by Chicago actor Neil Giuntoli. Shown at the Prop Theatre, the play was a fictional account of former Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley. It was nominated for a 2006 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for New Work.

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This is a button showing support for Jimmy Carter in his 1976 Presidential election. "Peanut" is an affectionate nickname for Jimmy Carter given to him because he used to work on a peanut farm. The slogan on the button "Put a Peanut in Every Pot" is a play on words of  "to put a chicken in every pot," a phrase used by Herbert Hoover in the 1928 election as he promised to voters prosperity and abundance. Hoover announced that if he wins, there would be “a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.” 

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This is a button from John Vilet Lindsay's 1965 New York City mayoral campaign. He ran as a liberal Republican and defeated New York City Comptroller Abraham Beame. Lindsay served to terms as mayor, from 1966-1973. Prior to serving as mayor, Lindsay was a congressman in the US House of Representatives. Despite being a Republican, he voted with Democrats on social and economic issues in congress.

Lindsay's time as mayor was marked with racial unrest, antiwar protests, municipal strikes, and other upheavals during the tumultuous 1960's and early 70's. He ran for President in 1972, but lost in the primary to George McGovern. Lindsay remained in the public eye after he left office by appearing on ABC's Good Morning America as a correspondent and publishing his novel, The Edge. 

The "La Guardia" mentioned on the button is most likely referring to another former New York City mayor, Fiorello LaGuardia. Like Lindsay, La Guardia was a Republican but worked well with the Democrats and was known for his support of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's programs. Lindsay often compared himself to La Guardia in his campaigns. 

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Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton was a Democratic candidate for president during the 2008 US presidential election. In addition to being an attorney and First Lady to former President Bill Clinton during his two terms in office, she also served as a U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009. Clinton's Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, became the Democratic nominee at the 2008 Democratic National Convention by a relatively small margin—Clinton had 1,640 pledged delegates to Obama's 1,763. Obama was elected president in the November 2008 election, and he soon after named Hillary Clinton as U.S. Secretary of State. She served as Secretary of Suntil she was succeeded by John Kerry in 2013. In 2015, Hillary Clinton announced she would run as a Democratic candidate in the 2016 presidential election. 

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Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) was the 23rd President of the United States. His term in office lasted from 1889-1893. He was also the grandson of the 9th U.S. President, William Henry Harrison. A Republican, Benjamin Harrison ran for a second presidential term in 1892 against Democrat Grover Cleveland, who had already served a term as President immediately prior to Harrison, from 1885 to 1889. As seen in this button, Harrison ran on a platform that focused in part on protectionism, or restraining trade with other states through tariffs on imported goods. Harrison lost the election to Cleveland. 

All on a white background, three lines of larger blue text appear at the top of the button; below is one line of light-red/pink text, followed by a blue line, five five-pointed stars of the same shade of red/pink, and another blue line. 

Carol Moseley Braun was a United States Senator from Illinois. She held the seat for six years, from 1993 to 1999. A native of Chicago, Moseley Braun was the first female African-American to ever serve in the U.S. Senate and the first female senator from Illinois. This button promotes her first senatorial campaign in 1992, upon the conclusion of which she became the first woman to ever defeat an incumbent U.S. senator in an election (Alan J. Dixon). After her term in office, she was appointed Ambassador to New Zealand by President Bill Clinton from 1999 to 2001. 

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This button is from The Edgar Winter Group's third studio album, They Only Come Out At Night, released in 1972. The album has two of their most popular singles, Frankenstein and Free Ride, and it stayed on the Billboard Hot 200 for 80 weeks. This American rock band broke up in the mid-1970s.

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Stan Ridgway is an American musician who fronted the alternative rock band, Wall of Voodoo, from 1977 until 1983. He has nine studio albums to his credit, including his 1989 release, Mosquitos, by which the illustration on this button may have been inspired.

Color photograph of a turtle in grass with white and yellow flowers and red text across the top of the button and white text over the turtle

This button is from Squeeze's eighth studio album, Frank, released in 1989. The band had noted success before making this album, with four certified albums between 1979 and 1987. With no charting singles, Frank became one of the least successful records by this English new wave band.