Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

Two gangster-type characters both labeled Tillman try to see through a hole in the fence to where President Roosevelt is speaking in Charleston, South Carolina, to enthusiastic cheers including “Theodore what a beautiful sword.” One carries a small “Tillman sword,” while the other carries a pitchfork labeled “our honor.” Caption — Scrappy: “Can you see him, Mugsey?” Mugsey: “Naw, I can’t see him but I can hear ’em, all right!”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-10

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

A number of pins in the shape of various presidential candidates are in the “1904” pincushion: David B. Hill; Arthur P. Gorman; Chicago mayor Carter H. Harrison; Cleveland, Ohio, mayor Tom Loftin Johnson; and President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-10

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

A man with a feather in his hat labeled “I’m a Democrat” throws stones at a box labeled “My Policy,” as President Roosevelt looks out from a window of the “White House” in the background.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-16

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

Marcus Alonzo Hanna is shown sitting on a throne, using the White House as a footstool, holding out bail money to an incarcerated Estes G. Rathbone. Cartoon is regarding Hanna’s 1904 presidential aspirations.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-18

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, Admiral George Dewey, and General Nelson Appleton Miles sit gagged on a bench. Behind them on the wall are signs saying, “To hear and not be heard–that is the question.” and “When does a man love most to hear the human voice? When he’s doing the talking himself.” General Frederick Funston shows his order to join them, “Compliments of the President,” as he walks across the room.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-25

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

A “Corporate Leach” cheers for Senator Hanna outside the window of the White House as President Roosevelt looks on. Under the window, the “White House cat” says, “I’m off for the Philippines.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-08

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

President Roosevelt, on a horse labeled “1904,” talks with farmer “Hanna,” seated on the fence of his cornfield, labeled “capital and labor.” Caption: “Your crops, Neighbor, must require a great deal of trouble.”
“Nope, I just sit around and watch ’em grow!”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-05

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

President Roosevelt rides in on a horse with “Plain Duty” and “Cuban Reciprocity” marked in the clouds behind him. Congressmen scatter out of his way.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-16

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt shooting pistols at the feet of a man labeled “Railroads.” Cartoon refers to Roosevelt’s efforts to regulate railroads.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon brings President Roosevelt a “notification of nomination for president G. O. P. seal.” Cannon stands near the “Sagamore Hill” sign and wears a “Notification Committee” decoration. “T. R. his axe” is lodged in a tree.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-28

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

President Roosevelt points at a sign that reads, “The Strenuous Life: bears I have met, boxing lessons I have taken, what I know about fencing, mountain lions I have devoured, what I know about jiu jitsu, band men from the Bad Lands I have met, powder I have smelt.” Six boys, including one holding “The Strenuous Life,” look at teacher Roosevelt. Caption: President Roosevelt, addressing the Groton Preparatory School: “Now, boys, don’t be molly-coddles.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-28

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

President Roosevelt holds a “Supreme Court decision against trusts” sword as the “trusts” touch Roosevelt in the side with a “my presidential support in 1904” sword.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-19

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

President Roosevelt and Chair of the Republican National Committee George B. Cortelyou ride in a car that Roosevelt drives. The hood reads, “Roosevelt Presidential Campaign—My own platform, my own chairman, my own everything—the self reliance.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-20

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

President Roosevelt holds a violin and has “The Life Strenuous” sheet music as he looks at the chair beside him with a sign that reads, “Wanted: Some one to play second fiddle.” Illinois Representative Robert R. Hitt looks at the “vice-presidency” violin while Indiana Senator Charles W. Fairbanks looks at the bow.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-08

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

President Roosevelt skates arm-in-arm with “Miss G.O.P.” as Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna skates in the shape of “1904.” Caption: Roosevelt: “I wish he’d get off the ice.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-31

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

President Roosevelt, Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna, Arthur P. Gorman, Grover Cleveland, and David B. Hill stand under the “presidency 1904” mistletoe and look at “Miss Democracy” and “Miss Republican.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-25

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

“Panama” stands beside Uncle Sam who sits in a rocking chair reading “President’s Message: Build the Panama Canal.” Caption: Panama: “That’s right, and we won’t stand any foolin’ from that Colombia, either; will we, Sam?”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-09

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

President Roosevelt carries two logs—labeled “financial legislation”—towards Washington, D.C., and a special session of Congress. Pinned on the logs is the note, “hewn at Oyster Bay.” Already stacked near the Capitol building are other logs that read, “Cuban Reciprocity” and “Canal.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-28

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

President Roosevelt attempts to wrench open a fire hydrant connected to the “P. O. investigation” hose. A group of men—”Extravagance,” “Unlawful contracts,” “Grafter,” and “Political hanger on”—examine the end of the hose, where water has already begun to drip.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-22

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker pulls a rope attached to the “Roosevelt tackle” that has Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna on it. Hanna holds a “presidential boom” sack and is headed for the “haymow” in the “Ohio G. O. P. farm.” There is a weather vane on the barn with an elephant that says, “Roosevelt 1904.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-28