1976 Illinois Governor JIM THOMPSON 50 Buttons "I'M BIG ON JIM"

Description: This listing is for a lot of 50 Illinois Governor JIM THOMPSON 50 Buttons "I'M BIG ON JIM" They are from one of the 1976 elections. These buttons were acquired from the manufacturer at the time of the election and have been stored since that time. The condition is nice with some minor signs of age. They measure approximately 1 3/8" across. There are 50 buttons James Robert Thompson Jr. (May 8, 1936 – August 14, 2020) was an American politician, lobbyist, and federal prosecutor who served as the 37th governor of Illinois from 1977 to 1991. He was Illinois's longest-serving governor, having been elected to four consecutive terms and holding the office for 14 years, and is also the only governor to have served more than two terms. Thompson was known as a "Rockefeller Republican", governing during his tenure as both a fiscal conservative and social liberal. In later years, Thompson served as a member of the 9/11 Commission, charged with investigating the September 11 attacks. In the 1976 election, he won 65 percent of the vote over Democratic Secretary of State Michael Howlett, who had defeated incumbent governor Dan Walker in the primary and who had the support of Chicago Mayor and Cook County Democratic Party chairman Richard J. Daley. Thompson was the first candidate for governor to receive over 3 million votes; his tally of 3,000,395 remains the largest number of votes ever cast for a candidate in an election for Governor of Illinois. His first term was for only two years because Illinois moved its gubernatorial election from presidential-election years to midterm-election years. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS IN MY STORE FOR SIMILAR ITEMS AND COMBINE FOR THE LOWEST POSTAGE. Please feel free to message any questions to me.(POL1)

Price: 24.95 USD

Location: Lake Zurich, Illinois

End Time: 2024-12-20T16:34:52.000Z

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