Campaign Button

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

pin

Name/Title

Campaign Button

Entry/Object ID

2012.50.14

Description

Round, white button with a green silhouette of an elephant at the time and the green sans-serif inscription, "Vermonters are Telling... "WE NEED DICK SNELLING" U.S. Senate 1986 Don McNally, Derby, Vt."

Context

Worn by Gov. James Douglas. Produced for Richard Snelling's unsuccessful US Senate campaign in 1986. He lost to Democrat Patrick Leahy. This campaign came after he had been governor of the state from 1977 to 1985.

Acquisition

Accession

2012.50

Source or Donor

Douglas, James H. (b. 1951)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1986

Place

Town

Derby

County

Orleans County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Pin, Campaign

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pin, Political

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Symbol, Political

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Belief Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Depth

1/4 in

Diameter

2-1/2 in

Material

Metal, Plastic

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Snelling, Richard Arkwright (1927-1991)