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"If I Were 21..." Kennedy campaign pin
"If I Were 21..." Kennedy campaign pin

"If I Were 21..." Kennedy campaign pin

Object number2014.074.0020
Date1960
ClassificationsArtifacts
Creator A. A. A. Novelty Co.
ObjectPin
Credit LineJesse Moyers Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumMetal
DimensionsDiameter: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Collections
DescriptionLarge 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.