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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 24721021, member: 101855"]It's from either 1936, 1940 or 1944. I would tend to lean toward 1940 and '44 because that was when FDR was re-elected to his third and fourth terms. I would not be confused by the "again" language. That was common when they were re-electing FDR. Here are few random FDR buttons with a little history. [ATTACH=full]1581241[/ATTACH] FDR was coy about running for the third term. Very few, other than U.S. Grant and in a way Teddy Roosevelt (TR served most of McKinley's second term and was elected to one of his own. He ran on the "Bull Moose" ticket in 1912) had been so open about it. A number of Democrats threw their hats in the ring in 1940, but the FDR people engineered a stampede for him at the national convention. [ATTACH=full]1581242[/ATTACH] This one was from 1940. Roosevelt and Republican Wendel Willkie had a "battle of the buttons" year. The Willkie people issued over 900 varieties. The Democrats issued far less. This was one of them. [ATTACH=full]1581243[/ATTACH] This one was definitely from 1936 because the NRA Eagle is in the background. The Supreme Court struck it down. [ATTACH=full]1581244[/ATTACH] Here is another button from 1940. And don't tell me people were prudish in 1940. [ATTACH=full]1581245[/ATTACH] That button was in response to this one. [ATTACH=full]1581247[/ATTACH] And here's one from 1944 when FDR ran for his fourth term. [ATTACH=full]1581246[/ATTACH] This is just a small fraction of what I have. These buttons generally sell for $10 or less, but they have become more popular since I started the collection.[/QUOTE]

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