Button, Campaign
Object number2008.17.1
Date1977-1991
MediumMetal; ink
Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection
DescriptionCircular metal campaign button. Background dark pink; screen-printed white letters. Long straight pin, which sticks out slightly on bottom, attached to back.Dimensions1.375 x 1.5 in. (3.5 x 3.8 cm)InscriptionsWhite text on front "John / Heinz / for Congress".
MarksSmall union labels on edge.
Historical NotesHenry John Heinz III (October 23, 1938 - April 4, 1991) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The son of H. J. Heinz II (heir to the H. J. Heinz Company) and Joan Diehl, he was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives (1971-1977) and the United States Senate (1977-1991). Heinz and six other people were killed on April 4, 1991, when a Bell 412 helicopter collided with the Senator's Piper Aerostar plane over Merion Elementary School in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. All aboard the two aircraft and two first-grade girls playing outside the school were killed. Senator Heinz was interred in the Heinz family mausoleum in Homewood Cemetery, located in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
Related person
Henry John Heinz III
Related institution
United States Congress
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