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This 4 page paper surveys ten political cartoons from 1860 to the present. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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expressing their dissent or support of political figures. It is a general principle that a person who is a public figure (actor, politician, sports celebrity, etc.) is "fair game" and
so these cartoons are not only acceptable, but a record of the way our society has changed, and the way the cartoonists art has changed. The Cartoons In order to
find 10 cartoons, the method was simple: input the terms "political cartoons" and a decade and see what comes up. This gives us a wide date range to work with.
Well start with a cartoon from the 1860s and then try the 1890s, and then come forward up to the present. From the 1860s we have a cartoon depicting a
split in the Republican party; its called Letting the cat out of the bag! (Maurer, 1860). This cartoon is a "figurative portrayal of the rift within the Republican party resulting
from the nomination of Abraham Lincoln for the presidency in 1860" (Reilly, 1991). The figures in the cartoon are recognizable portraits of Lincoln, William H. Seward, Horace Greeley, and Charles
Sumner and the cat is the "Spirit of discord" (Reilly, 1991). They are arguing over Lincolns nomination. The cartoon is a good example of the kind of infighting that can
render political parties ineffective. Next up is "A giant straddle," drawn by William Allen Rogers in 1896; it shows William McKinley, who was then governor of Ohio and the "leading
candidate for the Republican presidential nomination," doing the splits with one foot on a pile of gold and the other on a pile of silver (Reilly, 1991). The cartoon refers
to McKinleys "waffling" on the issue of currency (Reilly, 1991). Next is J.S. Pughes cartoon depicting William Jennings Bryan as a parrot endlessly chattering about dead issues. The cartoonist
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