The Teddy Idea of a Vice-President Who Would "Do Things" (The Verdict, 29 October 1900)
Double-page cartoon in The Verdict, 29 October 1900. A figure in a stars-and-stripes dress and Liberty crown draws her skirts away from two men: one in a sombrero and fur chaps seated with a guitar, the other a grinning figure in a wide hat with a revolver. It ridicules the Republican vice-presidential nominee rather than endorsing him. LOC notes its reproduction in Albert Shaw's 1910 cartoon history; the parenthetical in LOC's title may come from that book.
- Date
- October 29, 1900
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- The Verdict (New York weekly)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Mckinley Administration
- Leader
- William Mckinley
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- 1900 US Election
- Techniques
- Name-calling
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (published 1900; Library of Congress rights advisory: no known restrictions on publication)
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA; The Verdict, New York, 29 October 1900
Text on the object
THE VERDICT THE TEDDY IDEA OF A VICE-PRESIDENT WHO WOULD "DO THINGS."
