April 20 , 2021 - Walter Mondale who served at President Jimmy Carter's Vice President and  ran for the White House against President Ronald Reagan ,  has died at the age of  93. In 1976 , Mondale a U.S. Senator from Minnesota , was elevated to the national stage when Jimmy Carter selected him as his vice presidential running mate. Carter and Mondale will go on to win election that year.

In 1980 , Carter and Mondale lost their re-election bid. Mondale however , would secure the 1984 Democratic nomination and go on to face President Ronald Reagan in the November election. Though Mondale lost in a landslide , he would make history by selecting New York Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro to he his vice presidential running mate. Ferraro was the first woman to be on the  ticket of a national party.

Here now is look at a selection of Walter Mondale campaign buttons as we mark his passing.