I have been an observer and occasional participant in the fascinating and frustrating process of politics in America for almost 60 years. I have been a casual rather than obsessive collector of campaign buttons etc. along the way. In this case, my father collected this 1940 Willkie button as I was not born yet, much less reached voting age.
This is a vintage 80 year old button, the real thing. Not a copy or modern day replica. There is some rust on the pin (as seen in photo). The back shows the manufacturer, the St. Louis Button Co and a Union "bug" indicating the button was made with union labor. Specifically Local No 5 Amalgamated Lithographers of America.
During the presidential campaign of 1940, Franklin Roosevelt's son, Elliot, was commissioned as a Captain in the Air Corp, a job a lot of young men would have liked to have in 1940. This favoritism for the President's son drew criticism from the public. Supporters of Wendell Willkie quickly picked up on this, creating "I Want To Be a Captain Too!" buttons.
From Wikipedia
Wendell Lewis Willkie (born Lewis Wendell Willkie; February 18, 1892 - October 8, 1944) was an American lawyer, corporate executive, and the 1940 Republican nominee for President of the United States. Willkie appealed to many convention delegates as the Republican field's only interventionist: although the U.S. remained neutral prior to Pearl Harbor, he favored greater U.S. involvement in World War II to support Britain and other Allies. His Democratic opponent, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, won the 1940 election with about 55% of the popular vote and took the electoral college vote by a wide margin.
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