William Charles Morris (March 6, 1874 – April 10, 1940) was an American political cartoonist. Born in

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, Morris began his career with the ''

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'' and later worked as cartoonist with ''

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'' in Spokane, from 1904 to 1913. He later worked for the '' New-York Tribune'', '' New York Mail'',

George Matthew Adams George Matthew Adams (August 23, 1878 – October 29, 1962) was an American newspaper columnist and founder of the George Matthew Adams Newspaper Service, which syndicated comic strips and columns to newspapers for five decades. His own writings w ...

' syndicate, and '' Harper's Weekly''. He was on the publicity staff of the

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during the 1936 presidential campaign. He died of heart attack at Nyack, New York, April 10, 1940, at age 66.

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1874 births 1940 deaths American editorial cartoonists American illustrators Artists from Salt Lake City Artists from Washington (state) New York (state) Republicans {{US-cartoonist-stub