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Augustus William Cutler Lapel Pin

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Date

1896

Maker

Whitehead and Hoag Co., Newark, NJ

Dimensions

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

Accession Number

2013.064.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Anonymous Gift

Object Details

Augustus Cutler represented a New Jersey district in Congress two decades before campaign buttons like this were invented. He left the House in 1879. This button is from his unsuccessful campaign to regain the seat in 1896. That year marked the first appearance of campaign buttons, so he was up-to-the-minute in his campaign accessories.

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