Frightful Figuring for "Old Figgers"
date: label: date made
content: ca 1912
name: label: referenced
content: Taft, William H.
label: referenced
content: La Follette, Robert M.
label: referenced
content: Roosevelt, Theodore
label: associated
content: Republican Party
label: maker
content: Berryman, Clifford
notes: label: Description
content: This object is an original pen and ink political cartoon hand drawn by Clifford Berryman on white paper circa 1912 in Washington, D.C. The title, possibly not finalized, reads "Frightful Figuring for Old Figgers" and is inscribed as well as crossed out in pencil. The drawing depicts Charles Henry Grosvenor (Republican Congressman from Ohio) busily tallying numeric scores for William Howard Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, Robert M. La Follette (Sr.) of Wisconsin, and Albert B. Cummins of Iowa. He says to himself: "Figgerin' isn't what it used to be!" Various numbers appear in the background. He is surrounded by books he may have authored (real or perhaps imaginary for the purpose of this illustration) with titles such as "Grosvenor on Election Statistics," Grosvenor's Political Mathematics," and "Old Figgers or How I Calculate." Berryman's number 2235[5?] is stamped twice in blue ink in the lower right corner. The drawing is signed "Berryman" in the lower right area of the illustration.
label: Description
content: Grosvenor had a lengthy and varied career in American politics. He worked as the statistician for the Republican Party because of his interest in numeric political calculations and became nicknamed "Old Figgers." He supported Taft but his arithmetic showed Roosevelt was in the lead - hence, the title "Frightful Figuring for 'Old Figgers.'"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
topic: label: used
content: Humor
label: used
content: Satire
label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
label: Subject
content: Political Conventions
label: decorative motif
content: Mathematics
label: referenced
content: Elderly
label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1912
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Miss Florence S Berryman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.322733.010
label: catalog number
content: 322733.010
label: accession number
content: 322733
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cartoon
label: Object Name
content: political cartoon
label: Object Type
content: Drawing
label: Object Type
content: cartoons
label: Object Type
content: editorial cartoons
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink stamp (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: hand drawn (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 16 in; 50.8 cm x 40.64 cm