Campaign Button

Object/Artifact

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Vermont Historical Society

pin

Name/Title

Campaign Button

Entry/Object ID

2005.9.10

Description

Round white button. In the center of the pin "Snelling" is written in red with "DICK" written in blue directly above the n and e letters in Snelling. The bottom half of the pin reads "...working for / Vermont's / Future" in blue.

Context

In 1986, Richard Snelling, a Republican, challenged the Democratic incumbent, Patrick Leahy, for his U.S. Senate seat and lost. Snelling is best known as a former Vermont governor. Below is his bio from https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-a-snelling/ "RICHARD A. SNELLING was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He received his bachelor’s degree in government and economics from Harvard University in 1948. He was in the U.S. Army Infantry in Europe from 1945 to 1946. He founded Shelburne Industries, Inc., and chaired several companies. His business affiliations include the Young Presidents’ Association, the Chief Executives Organization, and the World Business Council. He was director of Ski Industries of America and Associated Industries of Vermont and was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives. He served six terms in the legislature, where he was the majority leader from 1975 to 1976. He also served on the Governor’s Commission on the Environment, and the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, and chaired the Vermont Aeronautics Board. He was first elected as Governor of Vermont in 1976 and served four consecutive terms. He was appointed to the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations by President Jimmy Carter and was reappointed by President Ronald Reagan. He chaired the National Governors Association (1981-1982), the New England Governors’ Conference, and the Republican Governors Association. Snelling won an unprecedented fifth term as governor in 1990 but died suddenly eight months after taking office."

Acquisition

Accession

2005.9

Source or Donor

Simson, John

Acquisition Method

Gift

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

Width

3/16 in

Diameter

1-3/4 in

Material

Steel, Brass, Paper

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Snelling, Richard Arkwright (1927-1991)