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Designed to Win: Political Buttons and Pins from the Past

This guide is meant to provide supplemental and instructional material in conjunction with the Milner Library Button Exhibit, 2024

Introduction

Illinois is well represented among presidential candidates who were born or have lived in the “Land of Lincoln,” with Abraham Lincoln the first on this list. Lincoln, and many of the candidates whose buttons are represented in this exhibit, also have had connections to Illinois State (Normal) University or Bloomington-Normal.  

Click the links below to find more information about each candidate: