Political cartoons

Cartoon "This Side Up" by Al Hirschfeld, illustrating "Two Views of Harry Truman" in Pageant Magazine, 3-51. One side depicts Harry S. Truman as an angel, the other side as a devil. From: Harry S. Truman Library museum collection.

Political cartoon by Summers showing an angry cowboy labeled States Rights storming off to the Capitol with a lasso called Filibuster and a pantleg called Dixiecrats. From the White House there is a Special Session Call going out. This refers to President Harry S. Truman calling the Congress back into session in September, 1948.

Political cartoon by Paul Loring entitled "Move Over." It shows an elephant in the dog house, and a man with "polls" under his arms asks the elephant to move over. This refers to the 1948 presidential election in which President Harry S. Truman won the election even though the pollsters said he wouldn't.

Political cartoon by Clifford Berryman in which J. Howard McGrath (left) holds a gun and says to Harry S. Truman "I'm going to run those Dixiecrats out of here." Truman replied "I'm afraid they've already gone, Howard." An inscription from the cartoonist to Senator McGrath says "My Dear Senator, with my best wishes, be sure that gun doesn't kick back, some of them do. C. K. Berryman, Washington Star, September 5, 1948."

Political cartoon by Cargill illustrating the split in the Democratic party in 1948, showing Harry S. Truman straddling a donkey split in two called the Democratic Party. They are on both sides of a cliff entitled "Wallace Split." This refers to Henry Wallace's run in 1948 for the Progressive Party.

Political cartoon by Bill McClanahan entitled "Aw C'mon Mule -- Drink." It shows a mule labeled Southern Democrats being pulled by President Truman to a barrel labeled Fair Deal. Cartoon is by Bill McClanahan for the Dallas Morning News.

In this political cartoon by Mischa Richter, a hostess at an elegant dinner party seats two men next to each other. The caption of the cartoon says, "I'm putting you next to Senator Teaman, Mr. Armstrong; he's investigating you and your company." This cartoon is in the museum collection of the Truman Library.

A political cartoon drawn by Dale Beronius depicts Senator Harry S. Truman's support of the President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Supreme Court proposal. The cartoon originally appeared in the Kansas City Star on April 26, 1937. The original drawing of this cartoon is in the museum collection of the Truman Library.

This political cartoon is titled "The People of Missouri Understood," and depicts Governor Lloyd Stark after the 1940 Missouri Democratic primary. Published in the Kansas City Journal on August 7, 1940, drawn by artist Cal Alley. The original of this cartoon is in the museum collection of the Truman Library.

This photograph of a political cartoon depicts President Harry S. Truman (behind the podium) speaks with several media microphones in front of him. The ghosts of former presidents watch over him: (from left to right, top row to bottom) Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Jackson. Clifford Berryman created this political cartoon which appeared in the Evening Star on April 15, 1945. This political cartoon is in the museum collection of the Truman Library.