Reform Without Bloodshed

Description

Governor of New York Grover Cleveland, seated at his desk, and a twenty-six-year-old Theodore Roosevelt are engaging in “their good work” as well-known reformers. Roosevelt, the future 26th President, began his political career in 1881 as a Republican in the New York State Assembly. Nast groups these two future presidents together because of their careers in New York politics and dedication to reform policies, even though Roosevelt was a Republican and Cleveland a Democrat.

Object Information

Date Created:

April 19, 1884

Local ID:

TN2010.829

Collection:

Collection of Macculloch Hall Historical Museum

Citation:

Thomas Nast (1840-1902), Reform Without Bloodshed, Harper's Weekly, April 19, 1884, TN2010.41

Creator(s):

Thomas Nast

Classification:

Engraving

Rights:

Public Domain

Appears In

Resource Kit

The 22nd and 24th President: Thomas Nast Illustrates Grover Cleveland

Stephen Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. He was the only President to serve non-consecutive terms (1885–1889 and 1893–1897), up until this year when President Donald Trump won the office for a second time. In 1884 Nast, along with Harper’s Weekly editor George Curtis, broke with the Republican Party to support the Democratic Candidate Grover Cleveland. This Resource Kit explores Nast's illustrations in support of the first two-term President serving non-consecutive terms, his switch from a Republican to a Democrat, and Nast's waning influence as a political cartoonist.

Created by: Macculloch Hall Historical Museum