Campaign Button

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Campaign Button

Entry/Object ID

2013.13.13

Description

Round button that is white on the top half and red on the bottom half. The upper has the blue inscription "HACKETT" and the lower has the white inscription "BURGESS". A maker's mark along the edge reads "RUSSELL Badge Mfg., Wakefield, Mass."

Context

Made to support Republican Luther Hackett for Governor and Republican John Burgess for Lieutenant Governor, 1972. Hackett lost to Democrat Tom Salmon. Burgess was re-elected to his second term as lieutenant governor, having first been elected in 1970. In 1974 he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, but lost in the Republican primary. He had also run unsuccessfully for attorney general in 1962, losing in the primary.

Acquisition

Accession

2013.13

Source or Donor

Toby Knox & Associates LLC.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Russell Badge Manufacturing Company

Date made

1972

Place

City

Wakefield

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Button, Campaign

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Button, 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

Diameter

1-3/4 in

Material

Metal

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Hackett, Luther Chaffee (1911-2008)

Person or Organization

Burgess, John S. (1920-2007)

Person or Organization

Hackett, Luther Frederick (1933-2018)