George Wharton Pepper

George Wharton Pepper Political Button Museum
Category
Political
Additional Images
George Wharton Pepper button back Political Button Museum
Sub Categories
Congress
Photographs
Text on Button For U.S Senator George Wharton Pepper
Image Description

Black and white portrait of George Wharton Pepper between white text over blue background. 
Back Paper / Back Info

KEIL 7 STYEN

Specialists in 

Novalty Advertising

Lincoln Bldg. 

Piladelphia

Union Bug
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
3/4 inch
Year / Decade Made
1922
1920s
The Manufacturer
Keil & Styen
Additional Information

George Wharton Pepper (1867-1961) was appointed as a Republican US Senator for Pennsylvania in 1922 after the death of the incumbent and ran for the same seat in the November election. His experience as a lawyer helped him mediate a major labor dispute and he argued a case in front of the US Supreme Court while in office. He also served on the Banking and Currency, Foreign Relations, Library of Congress, Military Affairs, and Naval Affairs committees. Pepper served Pennsylvania until March 1927, after losing in the 1926 Republican primary.  His papers are housed at the University of Pennsylvania's University Archive's and Records Center.  
Sources

Penn Biographies. (2013). George Wharton Pepper (1867-1961), University of Pennsylvania University Archives. Retrieved September 11, 2014, from http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/1800.
Catalog ID PO0130