Vintage 1968 President McCarthy Has Roots RFK Political Campaign Pinback Button

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Vintage 1968 President McCarthy Has Roots RFK Political Campaign Pinback Button :
$36.00

Here we are offering a 1968 vintage Eugene McCarthyPresidential campaign pinback button: one 1 7/16” Kennedy Has The Grass,McCarthy Has The Roots.

Early on, McCarthy was vocal in his intent to unseat theincumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson. Following McCarthy\'s 42%showing in New Hampshire, Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-N.Y.) entered the race.Kennedy\'s entrance forced President Johnson to withdraw. After Johnson\'swithdrawal, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey entered the contest but avoided theprimaries.

Kennedy fought it out with McCarthy in the primaries, asHumphrey used favorite son stand-ins to help him win delegates to theDemocratic National Convention. Kennedy was assassinated, leaving Humphrey asMcCarthy\'s main challenger. But Humphrey\'s organization was too strong forMcCarthy to overcome, and his anti-war campaign was split after the lateentrance of Senator George McGovern of South Dakota just ahead of theDemocratic National Convention. Despite winning the popular vote, McCarthy lostto Humphrey at the convention amidst protests and riots.

We are pleased to advise that we haveacquired the Marshall Levin collection of pinbacks. Marshall was the ultimatecollector when it came to the breadth of collecting topics and the backgroundinformation he found on most of the items in his collection. A SocialProgressive of the First Order, Marshall personally attended many of therallies that the pinbacks, especially the political and cause relatedrepresent. Marshall collected everything so if there is a category or topic youseek please let us know and we will search the collection\'s vast holdings tosee what we can locate for you.

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