"Our New Watchman -- Roosevelt"

This political cartoon comments on the work of Theodore Roosevelt (figure in window) on civil service reform when he was a member of the New York State legislature. A policeman shows two men out of the building. Their hat bands read "Tammany Hall" and "Irving Hall." The subtitle "Our political boss and henchman must go" refers to Roosevelt's fight to replace the spoils system of assigning jobs with the civil service system in New York City. The cartoon appeared in the May 10, 1884 issue of "Harper's Weekly."

Date:
May 10, 1884
Original Format:
Photographic Print
Item#:
26.071
Height:
1454px
Width:
1134px
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