Lithograph type; black slogan printed on white background, "ANDERSON OF ILLINOIS FOR PRESIDENT"; red stripes on left center of button; announcement day button; first button issued; used at formal announcements in Washington, D. C. and Rockford, Illinois (source-"Political Collector" June, 1981); union "bug" on lower curl; hollow back; 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.
