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Roscoe Conkling resigned from his senate seat after Garfield became president, hoping to win back his seat and throw his influence in President Garfield’s face. However, his resignation actually destroyed his political career. The cartoon shows him exploding harmlessly, but with lots of noise, like an overfilled balloon.
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Nast, "Let Us Prey"
Roscoe Conkling resigned from his senate seat after Garfield became president, hoping to win back his seat and throw his influence in President Garfield’s face. However, his resignation actually destroyed his political career. The cartoon shows him exploding harmlessly, but with lots of noise, like an overfilled balloon.
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