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McKinley-Hobart Campaign Cuff Link
1895-96
Whitehead & Hoag Co.
USA: New Jersey, Newark
Metal, paper, celluloid
7/8"dia. x 3/8"d
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory L. McKinley
2019.006.14

McKinley-Hobart Campaign Cuff Link. Round pin-back button with black and white images of McKinley and Hobart (busts only) on front; "McKINLEY/HOBART" in arc of black text above; red, white, and blue stars and stripes behind.


Pin-back buttons, patented in the 1890s, became a popular campaign tool for politicians. They often featured slogans, names, symbols, and photographs of candidates. These pins used during McKinley’s 1896 and 1900 presidential campaigns, feature his running mates Garret Hobart (1844-1899) and Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), and his many popular campaign slogans.