1980.45.15 (Political Pin, Political Button)

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Independent Presidential Campaign; celluloid type; red face, white and black printed inscription, "ANDERSON FOR PRESIDENT"; metal base, pin back. John Anderson from Illinois is a republican who ran for President in the 1980 elections as an independent with Patrick Lucey as his running mate. Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (Republican) and Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (Democrat) were also running in this election. Carter and Mondale and Anderson and Lucey both lost to Reagan and Bush. Anderson continued as an Illinois representative in congress until January of 1981.

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