The President and the Cartoonist

Using the political cartoons of Pat Oliphant, this exhibit examines how Ford rose to the challenge of the presidency by exploring some of the difficult decisions that defined his administration and shaped his legacy. Oliphant was a Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist whose career spanned sixty years, covering the presidencies of Lyndon B. Johnson through Barack Obama. Although Ford’s decisions were not met with universal approval during his time in office, Ford himself was guided by his goals to heal the public trust, tattered in the wake of Watergate, and build a stronger nation.