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Aaron Shenk Kreider Lapel Pin

Round lapel pin with a black and white image of Aaron Shenk Kreider, and text reading, “For Congress A.S. Kreider” in white on purple border/tiles/collection/1/14936.xml
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Round lapel pin with a black and white image of Aaron Shenk Kreider, and text reading, “For Congress A.S. Kreider” in white on purple border
Reverse of lapel pin with maker’s stamp
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Date

1912

Manufacturer

Whitehead and Hoag Co., Newark, NJ

Dimensions

Diameter: 7/8 x 1/8 in. (2.2 x 0.3 cm)

Accession Number

2006.129.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

This two-toned button was distributed during banker and shoemaker Aaron Kreider’s first campaign in 1912. Kreider won election and remained president of the National Association of Shoe Manufacturers during his first congressional term. From Later in his House service he served as Chairman for the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior. After a decade in office, Kreider was defeated for re-election in 1922 and returned to shodding the public.

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