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Thomas Brackett Reed Lapel Pin

A lapel pin with an image of Thomas Brackett Reed, and text above reading, “I Am for Reed, Are You?”/tiles/collection/4/47707.xml
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A lapel pin with an image of Thomas Brackett Reed, and text above reading, “I Am for Reed, Are You?”
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Date

1896

Manufacturer

Whitehead and Hoag Co., Newark, NJ

Dimensions

Diameter: 7/8 x 3/8 in. (2.2 x 1 cm)

Accession Number

2005.096.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

This button, with its mild slogan “I am for Reed. Are you?” is from powerful Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed’s 1896 run for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. When asked if he expected that his party would choose him, the notoriously acid-tongued Reed replied, “They might do worse, and they probably will.” Indeed, he did not win the nomination, but his decades in Congress were marked by legendary successes, capped by six years as Speaker.

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