Grant E. Hamilton
{{Short description|American political cartoonist}}
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| birth_date = August 16, 1862
| birth_place = Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.
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| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Grant E. Hamilton (16 August 1862 - 17 April 1926) was an American political cartoonist.
Biography
On August 16, 1862, Hamilton was born in Youngstown, Ohio. He was the art editor for the New York-based satirical magazine Judge for over 20 years.{{cite web |url=https://www.geographicus.com/P/ctgy&Category_Code=hamiltongrant |title=Hamilton, Grant E. (1862 - 1926): Geographicus Rare Antique Maps |access-date=15 January 2022}} Judge, founded in 1881 allied with the Republican Party and supported the candidacy of William McKinley in the 1892 United States presidential election and the 1896 United States presidential election through political cartoons, most of which were drawn by Hamilton and Bernhard Gillam.{{cite book |last=Mott |first=Frank Luther|title=A History of American Magazines, Volume III: 1865-1885 |year=1938 |page=554 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=9780674395527}} Hamilton was also an art editor for The Graphic, and Leslie's Weekly. He died in Los Angeles in 1926.{{cite web |url=https://www.askart.com/artist/Grant_E_Hamilton/114788/Grant_E_Hamilton.aspx |title=Grant E. Hamilton - Biography |access-date=15 January 2022}}
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References
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File:Grant E., Hamilton, Their New Jerusalem, 1892 Cornell CUL PJM 1111 01 - Restoration.jpg|"Their New Jerusalem", cartoon about Jewish migration away from Russian persecution to America.
File:Hamilton, Grant Hamilton Still the Boss 1884, Cornell CUL PJM 1089 01.jpg|Cartoon by Grant E. Hamilton describing the aftermath of the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1884.
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Category:American editorial cartoonists
Category:People from Youngstown, Ohio
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