Title
Illinois Senatorial Cheese
Subject
Political cartoons
Heaton, Harold R., -1940
Political corruption
Illinois. General Assembly. Senate
Mice
Cheese
Merriam, Charles Edward, 1874-1953
McCormick, Medill, 1877-1925
Primaries
Political candidates
Elections
Voting
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Description
Three mice with horns on their head run around a large wheel of cheese labeled "Illinois Senatorial Cheese." A woman representing Illinois wields a large knife as though she is going to cut off their tails similar to the nursery rhyme "Three Blind Mice."
This cartoon represents Joseph M. McCormick, former Republican congressman; Frank H. Funk, unsuccessful Progressive Party candidate for governor (1912) and U.S. Senate (1913); and University of Chicago professor of political science Charles E. Merriam, jockeying for the 1919 Republican nomination for U.S. Senator. McCormick went on to win the 1919 Senate election.
This cartoon represents Joseph M. McCormick, former Republican congressman; Frank H. Funk, unsuccessful Progressive Party candidate for governor (1912) and U.S. Senate (1913); and University of Chicago professor of political science Charles E. Merriam, jockeying for the 1919 Republican nomination for U.S. Senator. McCormick went on to win the 1919 Senate election.
Creator
Heaton, Harold R.
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
n.d.
Format
jpg
Language
eng
Identifier
400962
Harold R. Heaton Collection
Original Format
political cartoon
b&w
1
Physical Dimensions
44 x 38 cm