{"id":164,"date":"2022-05-28T02:40:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T02:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectingpoliticalbuttons.com\/?p=164"},"modified":"2025-12-25T23:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T23:04:06","slug":"montana-presidential-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectingpoliticalbuttons.com\/?p=164","title":{"rendered":"Montana Presidential Items"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parties and individual vendors have produced and distributed items supporting the campaigns of presidential contenders since the early 19th century. These items have included ribbons, badges, pins, bandannas, posters, pamphlets, stickers and three dimensional items such as statuettes and dishes. The majority of these items are “national” with no regional flavor. I find items produced for more “local” distribution to be more interesting and more challenging to obtain. These are produced by “local” organizations for fundraising, conventions, candidate visits, and events or to tie a local candidate to a popular presidential candidate (coattails). Montana for its population has produced a relatively large number of these items. These have been the focus of my collecting for the last three decades. The items pictured on this site will focus on earlier items(before 1960) which tend to appear less frequently but there are a multitude of items produced in the last three decades often targeting the collector audience rather than the campaign. I will only present a few of these that are relatively uncommon and sought by collectors.<\/p>\n

Grover Cleveland <\/strong>1884, 1888 and 1892<\/p>\n

\"Three<\/p>\n

\"A
\n\"A<\/p>\n

Benjamin Harrison<\/strong> 1888 and 1892<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

William Mckinley<\/strong> 1896 and 1900<\/p>\n

\"A \u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

William Jennings Bryan <\/strong>1896, 1900 and 1908<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Trigate features Silver Republicans Hartman and Mantle<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00c2 \"\"<\/p>\n

Alton Parker <\/strong>1904<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

William G Conrad\u00a0<\/strong>Favorite son VP 1904<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Theodore Roosevelt<\/strong> 1904 and 1912<\/p>\n

\"A\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \"A<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"A\u00c2\u00a0 \"Three<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\"A<\/p>\n

William Taft <\/strong>1908 and 1912<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

\"A\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \"Three<\/p>\n

Lanstrum and Clay were delegates to the national convention<\/p>\n

Charles Hughes<\/strong> 1916<\/p>\n

\"Two\u00c2\u00a0 \"A<\/p>\n

Warren Harding<\/strong> 1920<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/p>\n

Lafollette <\/strong>1924<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Alfred Smith<\/strong> 1928<\/p>\n

\"A\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \"A<\/p>\n

Franklin Roosevelt <\/strong>1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Silver Dollar Club is 1934<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

\"A\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \"A<\/p>\n

Wendell Willkie<\/strong> 1940<\/p>\n

\"A\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \"A<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Thomas Dewey<\/strong> 1944 and 1948<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/p>\n

Harry Truman <\/strong>1948<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Dwight Eisenhower <\/strong>1952 and 1956<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Adali Stevenson<\/strong> 1952 and 1956<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

John Kennedy <\/strong>1960<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Richard Nixon <\/strong>1960, 1968 and 1972<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

other pins exist but are part of state sets and are relatively common<\/p>\n

Lyndon Johnson<\/strong> 1964<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Modern Elections<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Selection of some difficult pins from more recent elections<\/p>\n

Montana Candidates on the National Stage<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Presidential Hopeful 1924 and 1928<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Burton Wheeler Vice-President Progressive Party 1924<\/p>\n

\"A\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \"A<\/p>\n

Wheeler Presidential Hopeful 1940<\/p>\n

If\u00c2\u00a0you have campaign items you would like to sell or have appraised contact us through the link or text photos to (406)217-2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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