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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Progressive Party Campaign Button, 1912
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Progressive Party Campaign Button, 1912

Object numberMO 2014.2.6
Date1912
Mediumplastic (celluloid), paper, metal
Dimensionsoverall Diam 13/16 in (2.1 cm )

DescriptionA round pinback campaign button. At the center of the blue button is a yellow illustration of the head of a bull moose. Above the image is white text that reads: PROGRESSIVE. A Chester, NY union bug is in the bottom right of the button.
Label TextIn 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was the Progressive Party's (also known as the Bull Moose Party) unsuccessful presidential candidate, losing to Democrat William Howard Taft.
Additional Details
Credit LineGift of Jill Spiller
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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