Above & below, a couple of non-Tattooed cartoons on James G. Blaine, from the 1884 Election & Puck magazine. Blaine was the highly corrupt former Speaker of the House, whose moral failings plus arrogance, blew it for the Republicans in 1884. Delusionally self-important Newt Gingrich, is today following in Blaine’s dirty footsteps.

Above, a Frederick Burr Opper‘s one-shot comic strip, following James Blaine’s path to becoming the 1884 Republican Presidential Nominee. Sad, But True was published in the July 16th, 1884 issue of Puck.

Below, by Bernhard Gillam, The Plumed Knight’s War Record, parodying how Blaine had paid $500 to avoid the North’s draft in the Civil War, and send someone else in his place. It appeared in the same July 16th issue.

Click on the above & below cartoon, to both view in greater detail, and read the text.

Doug Wheeler

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