Will He Accept?

Title

Will He Accept?

Subject

McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949

Political cartoons

Elections

Democratic Donkey (Symbolic character)

Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925

Loudspeakers

Democratic Party (U.S.). Commission on Presidential Nomination

Political candidates

Presidential candidates

Democratic Party (U.S.)

Presidents--Elections

Political campaigns

Presidential candidates

Description

William Jennings Bryan prepares to speak while holding a megaphone to the ear of the Democratic donkey as he prepares to accept the Democratic nomination for president for the third time. Bryan, the forty-first U.S. Secretary of State, was the Democratic nominee for president in 1896, 1900, and 1908, and was one of the leading lecturers of the progressive era, championing pacifism, free silver, popular democracy, and regulation of big business.

Creator

McCutcheon, John T.

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

1908-08-12

Format

jpg

Language

eng

Identifier

403029

John T. McCutcheon Collection