Irving Sunrise Rotary – Irving Sunrise Rotary Fall 2024 Auction
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Truman election pin---Reproduction

Item Number
110
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2 USD
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Item Description

Ok-- so this one is a reproduction from a 1972 reprint---but still neat to have in a collection.  

In 1948, Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley were elected president and vice president of the United States, defeating Republican nominees Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren. Truman, a Democrat and vice president under Franklin D. Roosevelt, had ascended to the presidency upon Roosevelt's death in 1945. Truman's 1948 campaign and the election are most remembered for the failure of polls and Truman's upset victory.

Truman served eight years has had many challenges foreign and domestic. As a protector of new deal reforms, Truman guided the United States from wartime to peacetime. Harry Truman was sworn into office for his second term in January 1949. It was also the first event to be nationally televised.

 

Item Special Note

item shown is exact item up for auction--shipping charges apply if not a local pick up

 

Donated by Bob Whitney- Rotarian

Donated By:

Bob Whitney-Rotarian