The canvasser, working for a mayoral candidate, pinned a campaign button on ... Richard Nixon's button first appeared in the 1960 election, where he lost to John F. Kennedy after serving as ...

a ferrotype campaign button sporting the image of a beardless Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president, likely worn by supporters during his 1860 election. "I haul it out when I want to impress people ...

The Wisconsin Historical Society has amassed a collection of political artifacts that features campaign ... use of buttons has been pretty consistent. As we approach the election in November ...