"Gettin' Awful Crowded!"

The Democratic race to challenge Republican President Calvin Coolidge in 1924 opened up when front-runner William McAdoo proved to be weaker. This cartoon comments on the ever-growing field of potential candidates in the months leading up to the Democratic National Convention to be held in New York City. Here Missouri Senator Jim Reed is the latest one to "throw his hat in the ring," while the Democratic donkey worries about the crowded field. At the convention that summer, held at Madison Square Garden, former Ambassador John W. Davis received the Democratic nomination but lost to Coolidge in the November election.