The listing, 1950s James Boyd UTT for Congress California Elect campaign button pin tab has ended.
Offered is an early 1954 to pre 1968 RE-ELECT James Boyd UTT TO CONGRESS lithographed political campaign TAB button, badge, pinback or pin as the successful Republican candidate.
James Boyd Utt (1899 to 1970) served 9 terms as a Congressman in the House of Representatives from California, first elected in 1952. The following is from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress:
"UTT, James Boyd, a Representative from California; born in Tustin, Orange County, Calif., March 11, 1899; attended the public schools of Orange County, student at Santa Ana Junior College in 1942 and 1943; engaged in agricultural and citrus processing; served in the State assembly 1932-1936; inheritance tax appraiser in the State controller’s office 1936-1952; graduated from the University of Southern California Law School in 1946; was admitted to the bar in 1947 and commenced the practice of law in Santa Ana, Calif.; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1953, until his death in Bethesda, Md., March 1, 1970; interment in Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Calif."
The top of the unfolded tab shows the manufacturer as Bastian Brothers of Rochester, NY.
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