Old Political Cover Who Is This Guy?

I found this unusual political cover, does anyone know who it is? I'll post the rest of the cover tomorrow.



Hint; Don't let the hair fool you, it's not the DONALD, wrong party!

Well, it is George Washington's signature so I assume it is intended to be an image of George Washington himself. It is not one of the more typical ways to picture him certainly.

Could be by Gilbert Stuart, with the picture mixed up with that of some other dodgy character.

cutout of George's face shows William Jennings Bryan.

So from Bryan's Presidential run in 1908?

I'll let KRelyea answer that one.

jamesw you're too smart! Here is the whole thing;

From Wikipedia: William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American orator and politician and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's candidate for President of the United States. He was United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson (1913–1915). He resigned because of his pacifist position on World War I. Bryan was an enemy of the banks and the gold standard. He demanded "Free Silver" because he believed it undermined the evil "Money Power" and put more cash in the hands of the common people. With his deep, commanding voice and wide travels, he was perhaps the best-known orator and lecturer of the era. Because of his faith in the wisdom of the common people, he was called "The Great Commoner."

inherit the wind.

"I am more interested in the Rock of Ages than I am in the age of rocks!" Matthew Harrison Brady (the William Jennings Bryan character in inherit the Wind).