Title
The Handicap
Subject
Political cartoons
Heaton, Harold R., -1940
Political corruption
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Presidents--Election
Elephants
Charles Samuel, 1863-1940
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
Progressive Party (1912)
Third parties (United States politics)
Elections
Description
President William Taft sits on top of an elephant wearing an Illinois G.O.P blanket next to a sign reading "To Nov. 4." Taft and the elephant look behind them to find a basket carrying Governor Charles Deneen tied to the elephant's tail with a tag reading "Comps. of the Bull Moosers."
Though Theodore Roosevelt and sitting president William H. Taft were once friends and political allies, ideological differences drove the two against each other. Roosevelt established the Bull Moose Party (Progressive, 1912) and ran on his own after failing to capture the 1912 Republican nomination from Taft.
Though Theodore Roosevelt and sitting president William H. Taft were once friends and political allies, ideological differences drove the two against each other. Roosevelt established the Bull Moose Party (Progressive, 1912) and ran on his own after failing to capture the 1912 Republican nomination from Taft.
Creator
Heaton, Harold R.
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
n.d.
Format
jpg
Language
eng
Identifier
400949
Harold R. Heaton Collection
Original Format
political cartoon
b&w
1
Physical Dimensions
44 x 38 cm