Hilda Mason Special Election Campaign
Object Details
- Date
- 1977
- Caption
- This pinback button urges Washington, DC residents to “vote July 19th” to elect Hilda Mason as “Councilwoman At-Large.” Mason’s last name appears most prominently on the black-and-white button, which hails from her campaign in a special election held July 19, 1977. Just three months earlier, Mason had been appointed to the At-Large seat held by the DC Statehood Party following incumbent Julius Hobson, Sr.’s death in March 1977. The former public school teacher and DC Board of Education member prevailed in the special election and won reelection in 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994.
- See more items in
- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Cite As
- Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
- Data Source
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Accession Number
- 2016.0006.0008
- Type
- pinback button
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- metal, ink
- Dimensions
- 3/16 × 1 9/16 in. (0.5 × 4 cm)
- Record ID
- acm_2016.0006.0008
3/16 × 1 9/16 in. (0.5 × 4 cm) Round pinback button, white background with brown text reads from the center "Hilda Mason". The upper and lower rims read "Vote July 19th" and "Councilwoman At-Large". Along the thin back edge, in small text, it reads "Paid For By Citizens To Elect Councilwoman Hilda Mason Julius Mack Treas", followed by a manufacturer's logo, reading in part, "GAU".