Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

A sword labeled “Nomination” is stuck deeply into a tree, where Theodore Roosevelt and Jacob A. Riis are resting on a large branch. Roosevelt is grinning like the Cheshire cat. On the far right are Albert Baird Cummins and Charles Evans Hughes, and on the left are several other potential candidates for the upcoming presidential election, including Philander C. Knox, Joseph Benson Foraker, Charles W. Fairbanks, Joseph Gurney Cannon, William H. Taft, Albert J. Beveridge, and George B. Cortelyou. Caption: Who is the hero with the strength to draw it out?

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1907-06-12

Theodore Roosevelt, as a doctor, examines Philander C. Knox, as other potential candidates for the upcoming presidential election await their turn: Charles Evans Hughes, Joseph Benson Foraker, Charles W. Fairbanks, George B. Cortelyou, Joseph Gurney Cannon, [and] William Loeb as a dog. William H. Taft, already examined, has a paper labeled “Passed T.R.” extending from his pocket. On the wall in the background is a chart labeled “The Perfect Man” showing a profile view of Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1907-07-03

William H. Taft sits on the shore of a small fishing hole labeled “Nomination Pool,” holding a fishing pole with a jug of “White House Apple Jack” next to him. A sign on the right states “No Trespassing Under Penalty of the Square Deal,” and a sign on the left states “No Fishing Allowed Without a Permit. T. Roosevelt Owner.” Taft tells the viewer that he has a permit.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1907-07-10

William H. Taft sits on a hammock with the “G.O.P.” elephant, wooing her with a box of “Ohio Bonbons.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1907-07-24

Two giants, one labeled “Taft” and the other labeled “T.R.”, stand back to back, nervously perspiring, as a young boy holds aloft a sword labeled “Tariff Revision” with his right hand while holding a basket labeled “The Empty Market Basket” to his chest with his left hand.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-09-11

Creator(s)

Crawford, Will, 1869-1944

A man labeled “Wilson” wearing rubber gloves labeled “Fearlessness” and “Common Sense” touches a live electric wire that spells out “The Tariff.” In the foreground, Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft flee in fear of getting electrocuted. Caption: The live wire and the man with the rubber gloves.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-10-02

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Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933

President Taft climbs a mountain labeled “White House Glacier” with members of his campaign committee hanging from ropes attached to his waist. On the left are “Crane, Penrose,” and the Republican elephant, and on the right are “Sherman, Barnes, [and] Root,” who is driving a piece of heavy machinery. Caption: What can Taft do? They are his guides and he is tied to them.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-10-02

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Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Two little children labeled “Taft” and “Sherman” are crying because they have lost their way. Vice President Sherman, as a little girl, is holding the string to a pull-toy which is an elephant on a base with wheels. Caption: Pitiable plight of little Willie and Jamey.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-10-09

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Hill, W. E. (William Ely), 1887-1962

A good samaritan labeled “Wilson” offers a fallen “Consumer” a drink from a bottle labeled “Tariff Reform” and dresses his wound with “Direct Relief.” A donkey stands to the right. Two men, one labeled “Roosevelt” and the other labeled “Taft,” have passed by, not bothering to stop and offer any assistance. Caption: And the two that passed by on the other side.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-10-09

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

President Taft, wearing a suit of armor, holds a standard labeled “Campaign of the Full Dinner Pail.” A squire labeled “Sherman” is placing the helmet with plume labeled “W.H. Taft” over his head. Another squire labeled “Penrose” is drawing back the opening of the tent through which Taft can enter the fray.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-10-16

Creator(s)

Crawford, Will, 1869-1944

A figure composed of corn and corn stalks labeled “Record Breaking Crops” walks through a dark wood at night with a diminutive Uncle Sam, who is frightened by scary-looking trees labeled “Johnson, Taft, Sherman, Roosevelt, Wilson, [and] Debs.” Caption: “Don’t be frightened, Sammy. They can’t hurt you while I am with you.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-10-16

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

The ghost of the Republican elephant rises from behind a tombstone that states “Sacred to the memory of a united Republican Party.” President “Taft” and “Teddy” Roosevelt believe that it is coming after them and are fleeing in fear. Caption: A graveyard is no place to be on Hallowe’en.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-10-30

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Lame duck president William H. Taft is having Christmas dinner at the White House, served by the Republican elephant, when the Democratic donkey bursts through a window, causing the Republican elephant to spill the “Soup.” Caption: The Democratic Donkey makes an informal call at the White House.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-12-25

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Joseph Gurney Cannon, Charles W. Fairbanks, and Leslie M. Shaw all wear dresses for a ball. Roosevelt has selected Taft as the “best belle of the ball” – the best candidate for the Republican Party in the 1908 presidential election.

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Creation Date

1907-01-23

President Taft, as Solomon, holds a baby elephant labeled “G.O.P.” aloft in one hand and a large sword labeled “Party Cleaver” in the other. One man labeled “Stand-Patter” pleads for Solomon Taft to spare the elephant. Another man labeled “Insurgent” stands to the right looking concerned, but not pleading for mercy.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-11-29

Creator(s)

Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933

Theodore Roosevelt as “Dame Van Winkle” stands with his back to a fireplace, pointing with his left hand toward the door, banishing President Taft as Rip Van Winkle carrying his rifle labeled “Sherman Law Enforcement” and his dog wearing a collar labeled “Wickersham.” Caption: Dame Van Winkle banishes Rip and his dog.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-12-13

Creator(s)

Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933

Uncle Sam’s Christmas tree is about to topple over onto him because there are too many heavy ornaments near the top, including a red devil labeled “Politician,” a cannon labeled “Sherman Law,” a jack-in-the-box labeled “Wickersham,” a basket filled with food labeled “Cost of Living,” a parrot labeled “Woman Suffrage,” a ball labeled “Increased Taxes,” a large book labeled “Over-Legislation,” another ball with a “$” and the face of big business, an automobile labeled “Extravagance,” a large ball labeled “Bill” with the face of President Taft, and an angel labeled “Teddy.” Caption: Uncle Sam’s Christmas crash.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-12-20

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

President Taft sits at a desk, working late, frightened, his hair standing on end, as a raven labeled “Teddy,” with the face of Theodore Roosevelt, perches on a bust opposite and cries “Nevermore.”

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-01-24

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

A battered ironclad labeled “High Cost of Living” is being bombarded by several ironclads labeled “Berger, Shanks [sic], Sulzer, George, Jr., [and] Taft.” Their gun blasts are labeled, respectively, “Socialism, Municipal Market, Parcel Post, Single Tax, [and] Tariff Board,” and one unidentified “Monitor” with gun blast labeled “Free Trade.” Caption: The Civil War Merrimac was hard enough to whip, but this one may be harder.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-02-28

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

President William H. Taft, as a scout, sneaks up on a tipi labeled “Outlook Wig-Wam” which shows the shadows of several men wearing feather headdresses. The one on the left may be Theodore Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-03-06

Creator(s)

Crawford, Will, 1869-1944