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C. K. Berryman Cartoons

C. K. Berryman Cartoons

 

The C.K. Berryman Cartoons consist of 26 original pen-and-ink drawings featuring U.S. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi. Each of these political cartoons ended up in print on the editorial pages of The Washington Star.

Clifford K. Berryman originated the “teddy bear” symbol in his 1902 illustration “Drawing the Line in Mississippi” by depicting President Theodore Roosevelt refusing to shoot a captured cub during a bear hunt in the Magnolia State. Berryman worked for The Washington Post for eighteen years before switching in 1907 to The Washington Star where he remained until his death in 1949. Avoiding invective, the cartoonist adopted a light-hearted approach to politics that tended to criticize policy, not politicians.

A Democrat, Pat Harrison represented Mississippi in Congress for over thirty years. Soon after his arrival in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1911, the newly elected congressman earned a reputation for witty repartee in partisan debate. Harrison won a Senate seat in 1918. Two years later, his party lost their majority, and the Mississippian became known as the “Democratic Gadfly” for his sarcastic attacks and ridicule of GOP policy. After the Democrats resumed control in 1932, Harrison acquired statesman status. As chairman of the powerful Finance Committee, his persuasive ability and strategic skill shepherded much of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation through the Senate. Harrison died on 22 June 1941 in Washington, DC, where his body lay in state in Senate chambers until transported for burial in his hometown of Gulfport.

Dating from 1924 to 1941, all the drawings in this digital collection feature Pat Harrison. Most comment on the senator’s influence with regards to New Deal legislation, particularly on taxes. Like other cartoonists, Berryman would often give his original drawings to the public officials who provided his subject matter. Thus, the Pat Harrison Collection contributed all but one of the cartoons to this digital collection. The exception is from the Felton M. Johnston Collection; Johnston served for a time in Harrison’s congressional office.

Related Sources (Finding Aids):

Pat Harrison Collection

Felton M. Johnston Collection

Images from the collection (L to R): The Successful Broadcaster (1924); The National Budget and Proposed Increase in Taxes (1940); Pat Harrison Thirty Years in Congress (1941)

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  • Looks like I ought to hatch out somethin'. by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    Looks like I ought to hatch out somethin'.

  • Pat Harrison Thirty Years in Congress by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    Pat Harrison Thirty Years in Congress

  • The National Budget and Proposed Increase in Taxes by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    The National Budget and Proposed Increase in Taxes

  • Dear Alben, how does it feel to be leader. by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    Dear Alben, how does it feel to be leader.

  • Criticism of Senate Tax Bill by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    Criticism of Senate Tax Bill

  • Pat Harrison Recovery Elixir by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    Pat Harrison Recovery Elixir

  • The Alternative by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    The Alternative

  • Dr. Pat Harrison Senate Specialist by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    Dr. Pat Harrison Senate Specialist

  • Senate Operating Room, Dr. "Pat" Harrison by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    Senate Operating Room, Dr. "Pat" Harrison

  • Hope Frank had better luck than we've had! by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    Hope Frank had better luck than we've had!

  • I reckon Mississippians know where to get 'em! by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    I reckon Mississippians know where to get 'em!

  • All waiting for tax revision to turn up! by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    All waiting for tax revision to turn up!

  • Pat Harrison mentioned as running mate for Roosevelt by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    Pat Harrison mentioned as running mate for Roosevelt

  • Ah ha! You fellows cant fool me. You're agin the administration! by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    Ah ha! You fellows cant fool me. You're agin the administration!

  • If there are leaks they ought to be plugged up! by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    If there are leaks they ought to be plugged up!

  • It looks like more and higher taxes next year. by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    It looks like more and higher taxes next year.

  • Mr. Magician see if you can find a humorous tax bunny in my hat! by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    Mr. Magician see if you can find a humorous tax bunny in my hat!

  • Now you're talkin', Pat! It's the only place in town that hasn't got it! by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    Now you're talkin', Pat! It's the only place in town that hasn't got it!

  • Plenty of St. Patricks by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    Plenty of St. Patricks

  • President says its time for a breathing spell for business. by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    President says its time for a breathing spell for business.

  • The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg

  • The Hopeful Sceptics by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    The Hopeful Sceptics

  • The Medicine Ball Game Is Resumed by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    The Medicine Ball Game Is Resumed

  • The Moving Shadow by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    The Moving Shadow

  • You see the trick is to take out without putting anything in! by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    You see the trick is to take out without putting anything in!

  • The Successful Broadcaster by Clifford Kennedy Berryman

    The Successful Broadcaster

 
 
 

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