Antique O.B. Colquitt Texas Governor Campaign Pinback Button Whitehead Hoag c191 For Sale

Original early O.B. Colquitt “For Governor” Texas political campaign pinback button. Features a profile portrait of Colquitt with “FOR GOVERNOR / O. B. COLQUITT” on the front. Back retains the Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, N.J. manufacturer\'s paper and original pin construction.O.B. Colquitt served as Governor of Texas from 1911–1915 and was a candidate for governor in earlier Texas Democratic campaigns. Early Texas gubernatorial celluloid campaign buttons are an interesting area of political memorabilia collecting.Button remains in an older collector/dealer cardboard holder marked “c. 1911” and “$1.25.” That notation is retained as found and is not represented as the definitive date or original retail price.Please review photographs carefully for age-related wear and condition. Uncleaned and sold as found.