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Who said you could sleep on this job?
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Description | Cartoon shows a perspiring Vice President Dawes, with loosened collar, hat and coat in hand, holding a hankerchief, standing in front of a podium. Dawes says, "Who said you could sleep on this job?" In March 1925, the Senate split 40-40 over the nomination of Charles B. Warren to serve as President Coolidge's Attorney General. Vice President Dawes, who had been led to believe that the nomination would not be voted on that day, was back in his hotel taking a nap. Although he rushed back to the Capitol to break the tie, Senator Lee Overman changed his vote before Dawes arrived, and Warren was defeated, the first cabinet nominee to be defeated since 1868. Dawes was ridiculed in the capital and the President was furious. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Vice presidents--United States--1920-1930. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Dawes, Charles Gates,--1865-1951. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States.--Congress.--Senate--1920-1930. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
