FREE: 1950s James Boyd UTT for Congress California Elect campaign button pin tab

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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