He retired from an active illustration career in 2015 due to challenges with his eyesight.WASHINGTON, DC – The COVID-19 pandemic might be officially over, but much like a railway switchyard, it has already diverted countless lives onto wildly different paths.
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In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, Oliphant has been recognized with numerous awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, National Cartoonists Society, National Wildlife Federation, American Civil Liberties Union, and the Washington Journalism Review. By 1983 Oliphant was the most widely syndicated American cartoonist, with works appearing in more than five hundred publications. When the Star went out of business in 1981, he decided to remain independent, thus becoming the first political cartoonist in the twentieth century from a home-town newspaper to to work independently. In 1975, Oliphant moved to the Washington Star and five years later switched to Universal Press Syndicate. Oliphant’s reputation grew quickly and in 1967 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Within a year of joining the Post, his work was disseminated internationally by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. Upon completion of a five-year commitment to the publication, he landed a job with the Denver Post after submitting an exceptional portfolio that singled him out over fifty other applicants. The following year, Oliphant moved to a rival publication, The Advertiser, where he worked as a press artist, and by 1955 he was drawing editorial cartoons.įrustrated by The Advertiser’s conservative editorial policies, Oliphant had his eyes set on working in the United States. Uninterested in pursuing higher education and still a teenager, in 1952 he began working as a copyboy for Adelaide’s evening newspaper, The News, which had recently been inherited by a young Rupert Murdoch. His interest in drawing was sparked by his father’s work as a government draftsman and he decided at an early age that he wanted to become a journalist.
As Albert later asserted, “We gave Nixon no choice but Ford,” a decision reflected in Oliphant’s witty cartoon.īorn on July 24, 1935, Patrick Oliphant was raised in a small cabin outside of Adelaide, Australia he attended a one-room schoolhouse and went on to complete his formal education at a local high school. “They were the ones who would have to approve the man I nominated,” Nixon noted. Mike Mansfield of Montana, the majority leader, and House Speaker Carl Albert of Oklahoma, Ford came in first. However, among members of Congress, including such Democrats as Sen. In reviewing the suggestions of various party leaders, Nixon found that Rockefeller and Reagan were tied, Connally was third and Ford last. At Camp David, Nixon prepared an announcement speech with four endings - one each for Nelson Rockefeller, Ronald Reagan, Connally and Ford. But after meeting with the Democratic congressional leadership he concluded that Connally would have a hard time being confirmed. Nixon wanted to appoint John Connally, the treasury secretary. He asked them to have each of their GOP colleagues send him their top three choices for the office. Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania, the Republican leader, to discuss filling the vacancy under the recently ratified 25th Amendment.
By the time Ford had returned to the House chamber, the word was out: “Agnew has resigned.” The next day, Nixon met at the White House with Ford and Sen. He told him that Vice President Spiro Agnew had evidently received illegal payments in his White House office. Gerald Ford, (R-Mich.), the minority leader, to his hideaway office at the Executive Office Building. On October 12, 1973, President Nixon summoned Rep.
Norman Rockwell Museum Collection, Gift of the Louis and Jodi Atkin Family, NRM.2019.28.58 “Do we have something in a different style….?” 1973Įditorial cartoon for The Denver Post – Los Angeles Times Syndicate, October 12, 1973
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