Just made for each other
Subject(s): Courtship, Presidents--Nomination, Republican elephant (Symbolic character), Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ), Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
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William H. Taft sits on a hammock with the “G.O.P.” elephant, wooing her with a box of “Ohio Bonbons.”
Comments and Context
Once again a Puck cartoonist, presumably on a slow news day during summer holidays, resorted to depicting the presumptive Republican presidential nominee (a year in the future), mostly to have fun at his expanse.
L. M. Glackens made no salient political point in this cartoon, except perhaps that William H. Taft, from Cincinnati, might be counted on to deliver Ohio to the Republican victory in 1908, as a favorite son. Ohio, however, in those years was reliably Republican — presidents Grant, Hayes, Garfield, and McKinley, just since the Civil War — were Ohioans.
Cartoonists need recreation, too, in summer months, and this cartoon was surely just an opportunity to indulge in caricatural hyperbole.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1907-07-24
Creator(s)
Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
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:
Just made for each other. [July 24, 1907]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o285770. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933. Just made for each other. [24 Jul. 1907]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o285770.
APA:
Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933., [1907, July 24]. Just made for each other.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o285770.
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. February 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.
