Joe Manchin campaign button

Object/Artifact

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Joe Manchin campaign button

Entry/Object ID

2024.039.014

Description

White button with a red outline of a mountain and the blue text "Manchin U.S. Senate" with a union label at the bottom.

Context

Joe Manchin, a democrat, served in the WV State legislature from 1982- 1996, as WV Secretary of State from 2001-2005, as Governor of WV from 2005-2010 and as Senator from 2010-2024. He was known in Congress in the early 2020s for being a moderate democrat and often looked to as a deciding vote in close Senate votes. He became an independent in 2024.

Acquisition

Accession

2024.039

Source or Donor

Fitzpatrick, Karen

Credit Line

Donated from the estate of Nancy Jo Upwright

Made/Created

Date made

circa 2018

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

rim of button

Transcription

(c)2018JOEMANCHINWV.COM