Set-to between the champion old tip & the swell Dutcheman of Kinderhoo...
Satire on the presidential campaign of 1836, portraying the contest as a boxing match between Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren and Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. The artist clearly favors Harrison.... More
Settin' on a rail - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congre...
A satire, probably issued during August or September 1837, on the tug-of-war for influence on the President between Jacksonian Democrats and the "soft money" or conservative elements of the party. Here the arti... More
Black C.C. or the three Judas's
The cartoon pertains to some instance of corruption in the Van Buren administration. Van Buren shovels coins from a great pile into a bag held by a man (probably a federal judge), who urges him, "Matty fill up... More
Civil service reform. Mr. Curtis's scheme considered.- Collegiate educ...
Civil service reform. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 206, Folder 24.
Civil Service Reform wood engraving, Library of Congress
Cartoon showing office-seekers kneeling at base of equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson, with one saying, "St. Jackson, can't you save us? Can't you give us something?" Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1877 March 31, p. 256.
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Still am I called, unhand me, gentlemen ... Hamlet
No accession number. Exhibited in Shakespeare, Treasures Gallery, Library of Congress, 2007. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
A summer smoke-cloud / J. Keppler.
Print shows Puck reclining before a table covered with alcoholic beverages, some labeled "V.H. Dusenbury's P.P. Brandy" and "Puck Punch [No London Punch]", smoking and blowing smoke rings. Among the figures app... More
Uncle Sam's neglected farm / J. Keppler.
Print shows Puck's "Independent Party" figure, holding a hoe labeled "Civil Service Reform" and talking to Uncle Sam who is sitting on a fence while two figures argue on the right, one is labeled "Democrat, Bou... More
Getting hot enough for him / F. Graetz.
Print shows Chester A. Arthur sitting on a chair at a beach on the seashore, he is perspiring heavily and using a fan labeled "Stalwart Method" to cool himself, as the sun, labeled "Disunion-of-the-Republican-P... More
The agony of the assessed - between two terrors / F. Graetz.
Print shows "G.W. Curtis" and "Jay Hubbell" as executioners, each wearing a mask and holding large axes labeled "Civil Service Reform Association" (Curtis) and "Republican Congressional Committee" (Hubbell). Cu... More
George Hunt - Democratic harmony under the Jeffersonian banner / J. Ke...
Illustration shows Thomas F. Bayard carrying a banner that shows a portrait of Thomas Jefferson and is labeled "Jeffersonian Principles", with a streamer at top that states "A Government of the People, by the P... More
Puck magazine cover - Edson's fix / Gillam after Gehrts.
Illustration shows Franklin Edson lying on a dirt path labeled "Road to Honest Government", hanging onto the tails of two hogs going in the opposite direction, one with the face of John Kelly, labeled "Tammany"... More
Caricature, The temptation / Gillam., public domain cartoon image
Print shows John Kelly as the serpent labeled "Tammany" in the Garden of Eden offering an apple labeled "Harmony" from a tree labeled "Bossism" to "H.O. Thompson", as Adam, labeled "County Democracy" and Alexan... More
Stalwart stupidity / F. Graetz., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows Puck, holding his lithographic pen, and the Independent Party figure, holding an axe labeled "November Election", standing inside a cabin next to the head of Roscoe Conkling that has been cut... More
Still waiting / F. Opper. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows several men with brooms and shovels locked outside a fence with a large, spiked gate labeled "Civil Service Reform", among them are Thomas F. Bayard, Samuel J. Tilden, Henry Watterson, Charles A. Da... More
The true meaning of Republican harmony / Gillam.
Illustration shows several Republicans in a temple, with a sacrificial lamb labeled "Civil Service Reform" at the base of a statue labeled "Patronage" with a trident labeled "Spoils"; among them are Chester A. ... More
The end of a bad show / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows a scene in the "Grand National Congressional Theatre" at the conclusion of the performance of "Fair Promise Combination No. 47 - Great Reform Bill - Act I Tarif Reform - Act II Civil Service ... More
Puck magazine cover - Spoiling their slide / F. Opper.
Illustration shows Benjamin F. Butler spreading ashes labeled "Censure, Exposure, Desire for Reform, [and] Criticism" on a slide in the snow labeled "Slide of Public Mismanagement" to the dismay of a group of c... More
Let the political army have new drums also! / Gillam.
Illustration shows Ulysses S. Grant with his "Grant Boom" band comprised of Samuel J. Tilden, Lucius Q.C. Lamar, Roscoe Conkling, William W. Phelps, David Davis, James D. Cameron, John Sherman, James G. Blaine,... More
Men may come, and men may go; but the work of reform shall go on forev...
Illustration shows Columbia standing with Puck's figure for the "Independent" party/vote and Puck who is holding a design drawing for a statue labeled "Reform", which is under construction behind them by "D.W. ... More
A political parallel. Puck political cartoon.
Public domain photograph of steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"The Mulligan guard lies, but - surrenders" / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows an explosion at the "Claim Agency, Formerly Republican Head Quarters" with William M. Evarts peeking through the opening in the tent to survey the damage; several small kiosks labeled "Machin... More
"Whitelaw Reid refuses to accept the New York senatorship" / Gillam.
Illustration shows Whitelaw Reid, dressed as a dandy, turning away from a young woman labeled "N.Y. State" who is carrying a bucket labeled "Reform Milk" and headed in a direction indicated by a sign "To Reform... More
Theodore Roosevelt - Bottom's dream, Political Cartoon
Illustration shows Puck's stereotypical Irishman labeled "Democracy" in the role of "Bottom" from Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream", with Puck holding the head of an ass above him. He is holding a paper t... More
They can not stop the wheel / F. Opper.
Illustration shows John Kelly and Benjamin F. Butler struggling against a waterwheel labeled "Cleveland Boom" driven by rushing water from a trough labeled "Popular Enthusiasm" in a millrace outside a "Reform M... More
The same old train-wrecker - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Illustration shows a man labeled "Hayseed Legislator" waiting next to obstacles labeled "Corruption, Spite against N.Y. City, Backwoods Bullheadedness, [and] Petty Jealousy" that he has placed on railroad track... More
Why they dislike him -- he will not prove himself a cat's-paw in the e...
Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as a lion with his paw on a monkey labeled "T. Grady" on top of a rock labeled "Civil Service Reform" near a small fire in which are roasting chestnuts labeled "City Spoils, ... More
Democracy's disastrous egg-dance / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows a woman labeled "Democracy" wearing a blindfold labeled "Stupidity" being pushed by Samuel J. Randall toward a chair labeled "Presidenti[al] Chair", with several eggs in the way on the ground... More
The resistless march of reform - the "hostiles" must go! / F. Opper.
Illustration shows a large group of politicians, newspaper editors, Tammany Hall bosses, and others, dressed as Native Americans, one carrying a banner that shows a crude drawing of the Tammany(?) tiger labeled... More
The new leader and the old chorus / Gillam.
Illustration shows John Logan labeled "New Leader" of the Republican Party, the "party of Reform and Puritee", holding a paper that states "Logan Speec[h] at Boston July 1885", standing in the street between th... More
Icon Richelieu's defiance / Gillam., public domain photograph
Illustration shows President Cleveland as Cardinal Richelieu embracing a young woman labeled "Civil Service" as he is confronted by a group of courtiers labeled "Manning, Barnum, C.S. Blackburn, [and] Hendricks... More
No barrel, no loaves ; The country backs you, Mr. President! / Th. Nas...
Two cartoons: "No barrel, no loaves", showing chef standing by Tammany range; and "The country backs you, Mr. President!", showing woman, representing the people of the United States, standing by Grover Clevel... More
Caricature, A petty annoyance / Zimmerman., public domain cartoon imag...
Illustration shows President Cleveland walking down a path toward a building flying a banner labeled "Non-Partisan Government"; a diminutive Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice President, is tugging on Cleveland's coatta... More
Barred out from the promised land / Gillam.
Illustration shows a group of Tammany "Ward" workers and men identified as "J.R. McLean, Grady, H.O. Thompson, Spinola, [Alexander V.] Davidson, H. McLaughlin, [and a] Chicago Boss", along with Charles A. Dana ... More
The good samaritan / Gillam. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, and Grover Cleveland as pilgrims on a journey through rugged Middle Eastern landscape; leading the way is Hayes, holding a paper that states "Patronage... More
Foes in his path - the herculean task before our next president / Gill...
Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as Hercules carrying a large club labeled "Honest Legislation", encountering a group of troublemakers along the "Administration Road" to "Success" seen in the distant backgro... More
A hard job with the hogs / Gillam.
Illustration shows President Cleveland as a pig farmer getting tangled in leashes attached to the hind legs of several hogs, each with a distinctive brand, labeled "Hugh McLaughlin, H.O. Thompson, Higgins, Beat... More
Caricature, Another "boycott" / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image
Illustration shows David B. Hill holding a large brush and George H. Sterling holding a bucket of paste, as bill stickers posting a notice that states "Notice. We Hereby Boycott Cleveland, the Civil Service Hum... More
Puck magazine cover - False weather-prophets / F. Opper.
Illustration shows Whitelaw Reid on the roof top of a building, looking through a telescope at the sun labeled "Civil Service Reform", and Charles A. Dana on the neighboring roof top checking a "Sun Barometer";... More
A civil service reform version of an old fable / Gillam.
Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as a shepherd standing among his flock labeled "Treasury, Supreme Bench, Office, [and] Post Office", telling a well-dressed wolf, who has a piece of paper in his pocket label... More
The same old train-wrecker / Gillam.
Illustration shows a man labeled "Hayseed Legislator" waiting next to obstacles labeled "Corruption, Spite against N.Y. City, Backwoods Bullheadedness, [and] Petty Jealousy" that he has placed on railroad track... More
The carol of the "waits" / J. Keppler. Joseph Pulitzer
Illustration shows a group of office seekers labeled "McLean, Pulitzer, Dorsheimer, Blackburn, McLaughlin, Hill, [and] Dana" singing Christmas carols outside the "White House" where President Cleveland is visib... More
"The sleeping party" / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...
Illustration shows a woman labeled "Republican Party" asleep in the background, with members of her court, some dressed as women, also asleep, in the foreground; depicted are Whitlaw Reid, Murat Halstead, Russe... More
Consistent civil service reform
Illustration shows President Cleveland handing a paper that states "Re-appointment for Honesty and Efficiency" to Henry G. Pearson for his appointment as Postmaster in New York. Pearson is carrying a box labele... More
Columbus Cleveland and his mutinous crew - "This ship shall not turn b...
Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as Christopher Columbus holding a map labeled "Route to Reform", aboard ship surrounded by mutinous sailors labeled "Bayard, Whitney, Eustis, Sterling, Hedden, Pulitzer, Blac... More
George Hunt - Compulsory baptism / Gillam after a painting.
Illustration shows President Cleveland as Ferdinand V, sitting on a throne, observing as civil service office seekers are baptized at the font of "Civil Service Reform". Among those depicted are Thomas Hendrick... More
The issue / Gillam. - Public domain engraving
Illustration shows John Kelly holding a shillelagh in one hand and a rope tied to an injured tiger labeled "Tammany" with bandages labeled "1880, 1882, [and] 1884" in the other, standing outside the "White Hous... More
Consistent civil service reform / F. Opper.
Illustration shows President Cleveland handing a paper that states "Re-appointment for Honesty and Efficiency" to Henry G. Pearson for his appointment as Postmaster in New York. Pearson is carrying a box labele... More
Our government farm -- President Cleveland finds an effectual protecti...
Illustration shows President Cleveland stands directly behind a wall of flames labeled "Civil Service Reform"; behind him, working on the "Government Farm" are members of his cabinet, William C. Endicott with a... More
The administration's hardest job / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows President Cleveland and his cabinet officers struggling to push and pull the Democratic donkey labeled "Bourbon Democracy" into a stable labeled "Reform Stables"; on the donkey's hooves, acti... More
There's a new policeman on the beat / Gillam.
Illustration shows two crooks labeled "Robeson" and "Roach" walking down a sidewalk, whistling; they are being trailed by William C. Whitney, Secretary of the Navy, as a policeman. Caption: "Cheese it!" Illus.... More
Two political paths / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows "Evarts, Reid, Robeson, Logan, [and] Blaine" and William W. Phelps standing on the remains of a bridge "Washed Away by the Freshet of Nov. 1884" labeled "Partisan Civil Service" and finding i... More
A new declaration of independence in the year 1885 / Gillam.
Illustration shows President Cleveland standing at a table, his right hand on a long document labeled "Declaration of Independence July 4th 1885" that trails off the table, stating "When, in the course of human... More
A new declaration of independence in the year 1885.
Illustration shows President Cleveland standing at a table, his right hand on a long document labeled "Declaration of Independence July 4th 1885" that trails off the table, stating "When, in the course of human... More
The rehabilitation of the Democratic party / Gillam.
Illustration shows a scene inside "Cleveland's Clothing Establishment" where President Cleveland and Thomas F. Bayard are fitting a man labeled "Reform Democracy" with the "Thos. Jefferson Pattern", while cabin... More
Harmony and envy / K. after Garnier's "Jour de Fête."
Illustration shows a street scene with three monks, Whitelaw Reid, James G. Blaine, and John Logan, walking a few steps ahead of a band of merry revelers composed of Puck, Puck's figure for the "Independent" pa... More
The three buddensieks of the American navy / F. Opper.
Illustration shows George M. Robeson, William E. Chandler, and John Roach sitting on the hull of a ship resting on its side with patches labeled "Repairs" partially covering holes. Caption: A historical pictur... More
Gulliver-Cleveland takes possession of the enemy's fleet and deprives ...
Illustration shows President Cleveland as Gulliver with a rope labeled "Good Policy" tied to the ships of the "Republican Party" and pulling them toward the opposite shore where a group of men, among them Ambas... More
No welcome for the little stranger / Zimmerman. Joseph Pulitzer
Illustration shows at center Grover Cleveland holding an infant labeled "Civil Service Reform", they are surrounded by a bunch of angry old men as orphans labeled "Hube Thompson, Eddie Hedden, Davy Hill, Hugh, ... More
Good men on a bad platform / Zimmerman.
Illustration shows three men labeled "Wadsworth, Davenport, [and] Genl. Carr" hanging onto each other, standing on "The One Solid Plank" labeled "Financial & Civil-Service-Reform Resolutions" of a shaky platfor... More
Black Jack and the civil-service missionaries / J.A. Wales.
Illustration shows John Logan dressed as a Native American, sitting on the ground, trying to ignore Dorman B. Eaton who is showing him a notice that states "Confirmation of Dorman B. Eaton as Civil Service Comm... More
The Administration sawmill / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows President Cleveland standing next to a large "Reform Buzz-Saw" labeled "Pat. 1884 by G. Cleveland" at a sawmill, where three members of his cabinet "Manning, Whitney, [and] Bayard" are millin... More
A hopeless undertaking / F. Opper ; J. Ottmann Lith., Puck Building, N...
Cartoon showing Dana, an old man getting ready for bed, trying to blow out gas light "Civil Service Reform gas". Illus. in: Puck, 1887 Jan. 12, p. 325.
Democratic presidential campaign poster citing Civil Service reform & ...
Photo of poster by Waring Hat Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
This is the "pull" that civil service reform has with this administrat...
Cartoon showing Benjamin Harrison on Republican Party elephant labeled "Tannerism," which is tearing down civil service rules, as Theodore Roosevelt, Thompson, and C. Lyman try to restrain elephant by pulling o... More
Caricature, A desperate situation, public domain cartoon image
Print shows Charles A. Schieren headed for city hall labeled "Brooklyn", carrying a book labeled "Business Administration Schieren"; in the foreground, Whitelaw Reid is straddling a trunk labeled "To Salt River... More
Thanksgiving / C.J. Taylor. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows a vignette cartoon with young women watching a football game at center, and surrounding vignettes depicting William McKinley as Napoleon I, "New Jersey" cleaning up gambling and horse racing, an uni... More
Twenty years in a bar-room / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows "Father Knickerbocker" standing at a bar at the "Tammany Inn", drinking "Irish Whiskey", with Richard Croker as the bartender, standing behind the bar, offering "Mixed Drinks Croker Style"; a weepin... More
Sit on him! / Dalrymple. - Public domain engraving
Print shows newly elected New York City Mayor William L. Strong and newly elected Governor Levi P. Morton sitting on Tammany boss Thomas C. Platt who is wearing a crown labeled "Plattism" and has a cat-o'-nine-... More
Beyond resuscitation / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon
Print shows the Tammany Tiger lying on its back on a bed, apparently dead. A notice on the wall states "The Tammany Tiger Executed by the People, November 6, 1894". Archbishop Michael Corrigan is kneeling at be... More
The two old parties have no use for her / Dalrymple.
Print shows an old woman with a broom labeled "Spoils System" evicting from the "Democratic Home" a young woman labeled "Civil Service Reform" carrying a bag labeled "Civil Service Laws"; on the street are Benj... More
"The independents fought nobly!" / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows David B. Hill draped over a cannon and Charles A. Dana with many New York politicians, identified as "Croker, Grant, Hinckley, Sheehan, Gilroy, Murphy, McLaughlin, Smyth, [and] Divver", and the Tamm... More
Condemned to die / F. Opper. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows David B. Hill labeled "Hill-ism", Richard Croker as the Tammany Tiger labeled "Croker-ism", and Roswell P. Flower, wearing a tall stove-pipe hat, labeled "Flower-ism", standing on the right on "Cond... More
Doing their little best to spoil his work / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows President Cleveland sculpting a statue labeled "Purity in Politics", but a group of legislators have resorted to mudslinging tactics to destroy Cleveland's efforts. Those identified with a hammer, i... More
Puck's valentines for 1894 / F. Opper. Joseph Pulitzer
Print shows a vignette cartoon with, at center, Uncle Sam and President Cleveland shaking hands, a portrait of Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, is in the background; the surrounding vignettes feature a cast of ch... More
Puck hopes - that Philadelphia will follow the good example of Brookly...
Print shows Robert E. Pattison sitting in a chair labeled "Mayoralty" with a woman labeled "Philadelphia" standing behind him, Charles A. Schieren sitting in a chair labeled "Mayoralty" with a woman labeled "Br... More
For their own good / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows President Cleveland adding boards labeled "Extension of Civil Service Reform under President Cleveland" to a fence with boards labeled "Extension of Civil Service Reform under Pres. Harrison", "Exte... More
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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Falling into line - Drawing. Public domain image.
No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.
Attacking him in broad daylight / Dalrymple.
Print shows a large policeman labeled "Civil Service Reform" holding a nightstick labeled "Public Opinion", and standing outside a building labeled "Public Offices"; he is about to be assaulted by two diminutiv... More
He never could stand prosperity / Dalrymple.
Print shows a "Hayseed" legislator, possibly meant to represent Frank S. Black, governor of New York, in a stupor, wearing a hat labeled "N.Y. Republican Party", holding a large wine bottle labeled "Hayseed Leg... More
George Hunt - The nurses did it / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows a vignette cartoon with five scenes in which presidents Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, and William McKinley nurse a foundling labeled "Civil Service Reform" discovered on "the White House step... More
Puck magazine cover - Puck pays his compliments / Keppler.
Print shows Puck bowing to Theodore Roosevelt who is sitting in a chair at a desk with a bust of George Washington on it, as well as papers labeled "Canal Investigation, Civil Service Reform, National Guard, [a... More
The coming of the cat / K. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows many rats taking chunks of cheese labeled "Graft" from a large block of cheese labeled "Public Service" and running into a hole labeled "Statue of Limitation" as a black cat with collar label... More
Puck magazine cover - Mrs. Partington outdone / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows a woman labeled "Blue Law Enforcement" standing on the shore at the ocean, using a broom labeled "Raids on Gambling Houses" to sweep puddles labeled "Police Graft" and "Gambling House Profits... More
The scarlet woman - whom shall she pay? / Gordon Grant '12.
Illustration shows a woman wearing a red dress, holding money, standing between the "Health Department Bureau of Licences and Inspection" and an opening in a wall labeled "Graft". In a cut-away showing the scen... More
Civil Service reform meeting - U.S. National Archives Public Domain ph...
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Jimmy Carter - Meeting on Civil Service Reform
Carter White House Photographs: Presidential Public domain photograph - White house, President of the United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Civil Service Reform Meeting - U.S. National Archives Public Domain ph...
Carter White House Photographs: Presidential Public domain photograph related to civil rights, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Civil Service Reform Meeting - U.S. National Archives Public Domain ph...
Carter White House Photographs: Presidential Public domain photograph of US government agency official, meeting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mtg. with Congressional Group on Civil Service Reform in the Cabinet R...
Carter White House Photographs: Presidential
Civil Service reform meeting - U.S. National Archives Public Domain ph...
Carter White House Photographs: Presidential Public domain photograph - White house, President of the United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
N.M. State Atty Gen. Toney Anaya; rest: Civil Service Reform Meeting
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Jimmy Carter, Senator Dick Clark; Jimmy Carter - Meeting on Civil Serv...
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Jimmy Carter, Congressman Al Ullman, Joe Waggoner, Dan Rostenkowski; M...
Carter White House Photographs: Presidential Public domain photograph - White house, President of the United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mtg. with Congressional Group on Civil Service Reform in the Cabinet R...
Carter White House Photographs: Presidential Public domain photograph - White house, President of the United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Civil service reform - Henry Augustus Smith. Politics and Government.
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The Civil Service Cerberus and the Hercules of spoils
Includes cutout prints of three heads. No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.
The civil-service reform movement
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