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Image courtesy of the LBJ Library, Museum Artifact Collection, Artifact No. 1965.28.11
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John BaerAmerican, 1886 - 1970

Civil Engineer, Farmer, and Postmaster (1909-1915)

Cartoonist for the Non-Partisan Leader and the Fargo Courier News

U.S. Representative from North Dakota (1917-1921)

Cartoonist for Labor Newspaper (1920-1970)

John Miller Baer worked as a civil engineer, a farmer, and a postmaster from 1909 to 1915. Upset with the treatment of farmers, Bear began creating political cartoons for the Non-Partisan Leader and the Fargo Courier-News. In 1917, Bear was elected to the House of Representatives to fill the vacancy left by the death of Henry T. Helgeson and was reelected in 1918. After losing the 1920 election to Olger B. Burtness, Baer became cartoonist for Labor, the newspaper of the National Railroad Union. Bear is credited with coining the term "New Deal" in a 1932 cartoon that Franklin D. Roosevelt adopted as his campaign slogan.

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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Cartoon Drawing
1973.1.981
John Baer
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Cartoon Drawing
1973.1.979
John Baer
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Cartoon Drawing
1973.1.980
John Baer
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A Real Celebration on the Fourth
1973.1.657
John Baer
1968
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Dawn of a New Day!
1965.28.16
John Baer
ca. 1965
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Cartoon Drawing
1973.1.777
John Baer
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Deep in the Heart of Texas!
1965.28.11
John Baer
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This Is a Fine Team for Our Nation and the World!
1973.1.5
John Baer
ca. November 1968
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A Good New Year's Resolution...
1965.28.13
John Baer
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LBJ's Mass Production Assembly Line!
1965.28.14
John Baer
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Megaphoning an Urgent Message to Capitol Hill!!
1973.1.632
John Baer
ca. May 1964
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Blot on America's Escutcheon
1973.2297.3
John Baer
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