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Creator:
Harry J. Westerman
Publication:
Cartoons
Publication Date:
September 1912
Description:
The 1912 Presidential election was a three-way contest:
- William Howard Taft, the incumbent president, represented the Republican Party, symbolized by the Elephant.
- Woodrow Wilson, the reform governor of New Jersey and former president of Princeton University, was the Democratic candidate, symbolized by the Donkey.
- Theodore Roosevelt, the former Republican president (1901-1909), ran on the Progressive Party ticket, symbolized by the Bull Moose.
As a third party, Roosevelt and his Progressives had to find supporters within both existing parties. Facing a divided Republican Party, the Democrats smelled victory for the first time in twenty years. Because of these factors, there was an intense effort to get voters during the 1912 campaign.
Source:
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University