"ME AND ROOSEVELT FOR JOHNSON" HISTORIC FDR/LBJ TEXAS COATTAIL BUTTON.
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Winning Bid:
$9,086.00
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 13, 2018 10:00:00 PM)
Item Description
2.25" litho w/"Supplied By J. Hugh Campbell Dallas Texas." In 1941 Congressman Johnson entered the Democratic Primary for the US Senate seat campaigning heavily on his embrace of New Deal policies and issuing this button. While Johnson lost the primary in a nail biter his star was only temporarily diminished and the rest is history. Dots of age toning at 2 o'clock along extreme edge and just left of FDR portrait. Otherwise only light paint wear. VF. Given the extreme Texas climate these are often found w/extensive crazing and dark yellow toning. The present example escaped the ravages of the sun and presents strikingly. Roosevelt, speaking of LBJ, to his aide Harold Ickes is said to have stated that "In The Next Generation, The Balance Of Power Will Shift South And West And This Boy Could Well Be The First Southern President Since The Civil War." This is the only coattail we can recall that features such heavy historical hitters together.
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