“The good doctor”
Subject(s): Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925, Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908, Democratic donkey (Symbolic character), Democratic Party (U.S.), Physicians, Presidents--Election
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Former president Grover Cleveland is a doctor at a bedside, attending to a donkey labeled “Dem. Party” suffering from an undisclosed illness (Bryanism or the failure of the Democratic Party in the presidential election). On a table is a spoon and bowl labeled “First principles of Democracy.”
Comments and Context
In his post-presidential years, Grover Cleveland was reluctant to speak or write on public subjects. Beginning in 1900, driven partly by financial considerations and by public entreaties, he selectively spoke and wrote on public issues. In 1901 he yielded to invitations to opine on the health and future of his Democratic Party, so brutalized after two unsuccessful presidential campaigns of William Jennings Bryan, and by the McKinley Prosperity that had eclipsed the Depression in Cleveland’s second term. This cartoon likely comments on Cleveland’s role as political oracle, commencing in a series of articles for The Saturday Evening Post.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1901-01-16
Creator(s)
Period
Vice President of the United States (1901)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
“The good doctor”. [January 16, 1901]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o275700. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905. “The good doctor”. [16 Jan. 1901]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o275700.
APA:
Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905., [1901, January 16]. “The good doctor”.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o275700.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
