A Chicago museum portrays the history of American politics through the prism of a simple accessory Collectors say the first buttons in the form we know them today were introduced in 1896 ...

Collectors at over 250 tables, display their political memorabilia. The main attraction being the campaign buttons. These have come to be viewed as the essential political item to be collected.

As a young stockbroker in New York City during the 1960s, a chance encounter with a political canvasser changed Julius "Desey" Desenberg's life. The canvasser, working for a mayoral candidate ...

When is a button more than just a button? That was the issue before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, in a touchy First Amendment case over a state law banning "political" garments or insignia at ...

TITUSVILLE -- Collectors of political buttons, badges and ribbons will meet Saturday, May 16 to sell, trade and display memorabilia from the 2008 Obama and McCain campaigns, as well as from ...

Ken and Cathy Hosner are major players in the political button scene. "I've been doing this for about 60 years. For example, in the past, there wasn't a button seller in the country that couldn't ...

Fisher now estimates his collection has grown to about 4,000 or 5,000 buttons. He's also the organizer of the Oregon chapter of the American Political Items Collectors, a group for collectors of ...