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“Mrs. Partington Hancock Struggling with the Republican Tide”

Topic:
State Elections
Source:
Harper's Weekly
Cartoonist:
Thure de Thulstrup
Date:
October 30, 1880, p. 693
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This cartoon portrays Democratic presidential nominee Winfield Hancock as Mrs. Partington sweeping back the sea. According to newspaper reports, in 1824 an English woman named Mrs. Partington tried to sweep back (or mop up) a torrent of sea-water which a gale was driving into her house. She did not give up until the deepening water forced her to seek shelter on the second story. In 1831 opponents of the Reform Bill in the British House of Lords were compared to Mrs. Partington vainly attempting to sweep back the sea. Variants of the phrase "Dame Partington and her mop" became a metaphor used against those who try to fight progress.
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