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Kennedy campaign button
Large round metal pin-back campaign button that reads "If I were 21 I'd Vote for Kennedy."The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 years by the 26th Amendment, passed in time for the 1972 presidential election. At the time of the Kennedy-Nixon election in 1960, citizens still had to be 21 in order to vote.
Kennedy campaign button
1960
Metal
4 in. (10.2 cm)
Darlene Bush Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2007.019.0001
Kennedy campaign button
Large round metal pin-back campaign button that reads "If I were 21 I'd Vote for Kennedy."The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 years by the 26th Amendment, passed in time for the 1972 presidential election. At the time of the Kennedy-Nixon election in 1960, citizens still had to be 21 in order to vote.
Kennedy campaign button
1960
1960 presidential election
Voting
Presidential campaign
Youth
Kennedy, John F.
United States of America
Metal
4 in. (10.2 cm)
Darlene Bush Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2007.019.0001
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