Running for Office: Candidates, Campaigns, and the Cartoons of Clifford Berryman
Throwing Your Hat in the Ring!
In these cartoons, Berryman captures potential candidates as they consider this decisive first step of the campaign process.
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"The Busy Bee" August 1, 1919
With a multitude of potential candidates having the proverbial "bee in their bonnets," the G.O.P. Presidential nomination bee could not keep up. The bee was a common character in Berryman’s cartoons representing political aspirations or the "buzz" in the potential candidate’s ear.
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