So Near and Yet So Far!
5/13/1908
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This cartoon depicts William Jennings Bryan attending a state dinner at the White House hosted by departing President Theodore Roosevelt. Bryan is shown looking longingly at the Presidential chair. Roosevelt tries to guide him back to the dining area, while the teddy bear comments on his Presidential dreams. Bryan won the Democratic Presidential nomination but lost to Roosevelt's hand-chosen successor, William Howard Taft, in the general election.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Senate.
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1696652Full Citation: So Near and Yet So Far!; 5/13/1908; Records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/so-near-and-yet-so-far, May 4, 2024]