"SOCIALIST CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR GEORGE R. LUNN" PORTRAIT BUTTON FOR FIRST SOCIALIST MAYOR IN US.
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Auction #233 Part I
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Item Description
1" w/Bastian Bros. on curl. Bump in field from union back stamp. Otherwise only light surface wear. Exc. as made. Lunn was elected Mayor of Schenectady, New York in 1911 marking the first Socialist to gain a mayoral seat in the United States. Lunn was later elected to Congress as a Democrat in 1916 and was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1922.
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