Norman Jennett | |
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Born | Norman Ethre Jennett March 10, 1877
Grantham, North Carolina, U.S. |
Died | January 7, 1970 | (aged 92)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Political cartoonist |
Spouse | Helen Mary MacGinness |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Elijah Stanton Jennett Clarissa King Jennett |
Norman Ethre Jennett (March 10, 1877 – January 7, 1970) was a political cartoonist for newspapers in the United States. He produced cartoons critical of Fusion candidates, Populists, and Republicans. He was nicknamed "Sampson Huckleberry". [1]
He was born in Grantham, North Carolina to Elijah Stanton and Clarissa King Jennett [2] in Wayne County, North Carolina. [3] [4]
He made cartoons for the 1896 and 1898 elections. [3] [5]
He married Helen Mary MacGinness, who was born in Ireland and they were parents to Norman Ethre Jr. and Charlotte Clara Jennett. [2]
He caricatured Republican representatives Charles Alston Cook and Virgil Lusk in the North Carolinian newspaper in Raleigh in 1897. [6]
Norman Jennett | |
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Born | Norman Ethre Jennett March 10, 1877
Grantham, North Carolina, U.S. |
Died | January 7, 1970 | (aged 92)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Political cartoonist |
Spouse | Helen Mary MacGinness |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Elijah Stanton Jennett Clarissa King Jennett |
Norman Ethre Jennett (March 10, 1877 – January 7, 1970) was a political cartoonist for newspapers in the United States. He produced cartoons critical of Fusion candidates, Populists, and Republicans. He was nicknamed "Sampson Huckleberry". [1]
He was born in Grantham, North Carolina to Elijah Stanton and Clarissa King Jennett [2] in Wayne County, North Carolina. [3] [4]
He made cartoons for the 1896 and 1898 elections. [3] [5]
He married Helen Mary MacGinness, who was born in Ireland and they were parents to Norman Ethre Jr. and Charlotte Clara Jennett. [2]
He caricatured Republican representatives Charles Alston Cook and Virgil Lusk in the North Carolinian newspaper in Raleigh in 1897. [6]