Loading...
Please wait, while we are loading the content...
Similar Documents
[Ben Butler, full-length caricature, standing, facing right]
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Massachusetts |
| Description | Editorial cartoon shows a fat man with receding curly hair and a stovepipe hat perched on the side of his head, striding down the street holding a portfolio labeled "Ben's Bank Book" under one arm and a large check, dated Oct. 1882, written on the "Mass. National Bank," payable to "The Democratic Party, $100,000" and signed "Ben Butler." A sign in the background reads "Massachusett's Democracy -- Regular Nomiations [sic] for Governor Ben Butler and his Bar'l." During his flamboyant career, Butler was a millowner, a general in the Union forces, a military governor of New Orleans, a Congressman, and finally in 1882, Governor of Massachusetts. He generated controversy and charges of corruption wherever he went, but also supported the rights of blacks, labor, and women. Bernard Gillam, who drew for the humor magazines Puck and Judge, was one of the most partisan cartoonists of his day. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Miscellaneous Items in High Demand |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Political elections--Massachusetts--1880-1890. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Butler, Benjamin F.--(Benjamin Franklin),--1818-1893. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
