Norman Jennett Explained

Norman Jennett
Birth Name:	Norman Ethre Jennett
Birth Date:	10 March 1877
Birth Place:	Grantham, North Carolina, U.S.
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Political cartoonist
Spouse:	Helen Mary MacGinness
Children:	2
Parents:	Elijah Stanton Jennett Clarissa King Jennett

Norman Ethre Jennett (March 10, 1877 – January 7, 1970) was a political cartoonist for newspapers in the United States. He produced cartoons critical of Fusion candidates, Populists, and Republicans. He was nicknamed "Sampson Huckleberry".^[1]

He was born in Grantham, North Carolina to Elijah Stanton and Clarissa King Jennett^[2] in Wayne County, North Carolina.^{[3] [4]}

He made cartoons for the 1896 and 1898 elections.^{[3] [5]}

He married Helen Mary MacGinness, who was born in Ireland and they were parents to Norman Ethre Jr. and Charlotte Clara Jennett.

He caricatured Republican representatives Charles Alston Cook and Virgil Lusk in the North Carolinian newspaper in Raleigh in 1897.^[6]

Notes and References

1. The Cartoons of Norman Ethre Jennett & the North Carolina Election of 1898. Williams, Rachel Marie-Crane. 2013. Southern Cultures. 19. 2. 7–31. 10.1353/scu.2013.0014 . 26217424 . 144309222 . JSTOR.
2. Book: Jones, H. G. . Dictionary of North Carolina Biography . . 9781469629025 . Powell . William S. . 3 . NCpedia.
3. Web site: Norman Jennett · The North Carolina Election of 1898 · UNC Libraries. exhibits.lib.unc.edu.
4. A war in black and white: the Cartoons of Norman Ethre Jennett & the North Carolina Election of 1898. Rachel Marie-Crane. Williams. June 22, 2013. Southern Cultures. 19. 2. 7–32. 10.1353/scu.2013.0014 . 144309222 . go.gale.com.
5. Web site: Political Cartoons · The North Carolina Election of 1898 · UNC Libraries. exhibits.lib.unc.edu.
6. The Fusion Legislatures of 1895 and 1897: A Roll-Call Analysis of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Trelease, Allen W.. 1980. The North Carolina Historical Review. 57. 3. 303. 23535481 . JSTOR.