Thomas Jefferson

Obsessed with liberty, up to the point of applying it to his own lifestyle.

Comics: 124
Recent Appearance: Talents and Weaknesses
First Appearance: Jefferson Memorial

John Adams

Patriot. Rabble rouser. Spirited orator. Not George Washington.

Comics: 110
Recent Appearance: Immoral Profligate
First Appearance: George Washingtron

Theodore Roosevelt

A man. A plan. A canal. In the arena. The very definition of the rugged individualist American.

Comics: 108
Recent Appearance: Who Shot T.R.?
First Appearance: Police State

Abraham Lincoln

Kept the Union together, after the very act of him being elected blew it apart.

Comics: 99
Recent Appearance: Positive Spin
First Appearance: The Other Kind of Fair

George Washington

More myth than man. Never chopped down a cherry tree, but he probably wouldn't have lied about it if he did.

Comics: 96
Recent Appearance: Talent of His Taciturnity
First Appearance: Forethought

Donald Trump

The physical manifestation of 240 years of systemic racism and white privilege.

Comics: 95
Recent Appearance: Count to 34
First Appearance: The Arbiter of Chaos

Richard Nixon

Shakespearean-level paranoia. Accomplished a lot of good but you only care about Watergate so fine. Whatever.

Comics: 91
Recent Appearance: The Law, in its Majestic Equality
First Appearance: The Other Kind of Fair

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"Happy Days Are Here Again!" Made America win so much we got tired of winning.

Comics: 89
Recent Appearance: Saving Democracy
First Appearance: The Other Kind of Fair

Andrew Jackson

His hatred towards Native Americans and his love for gold made the Trail of Tears a win-win.

Comics: 75
Recent Appearance: Now Let Him Enforce It
First Appearance: The Other Kind of Fair

James Madison

Started the War of 1812. Then the British burned down the White House.

Comics: 71
Recent Appearance: Strict Constructionist
First Appearance: Forethought

Woodrow Wilson

Thought two things: we would stay out of World War I and that the south would rise again. Both were wrong.

Comics: 59
Recent Appearance: What Would Give Your Life the Fullest Dinner Pail?
First Appearance: The Other Kind of Fair

Ronald Reagan

Jelly-bean eatin', Gipper winnin', economic down-tricklin', Irani weapon-sellin', President movie-star cowboy.

Comics: 58
Recent Appearance: When the President Does It
First Appearance: Make America Great Again

Ulysses S Grant

In an effort to one-up winning the Civil War, Grant got pretty good at crushing the Ku Klux Klan.

Comics: 51
Recent Appearance: Confederate Heritage Month
First Appearance: Balance

Harry S Truman

Went from being elected Vice President to using the first nuclear weapon in less than seven months.

Comics: 51
Recent Appearance: Saving Democracy
First Appearance: The Buck Stops Here

William H Taft

Only one to use the Presidency as a stepping stone to his true dream job: Supreme Court Justice.

Comics: 41
Recent Appearance: Taft and Forward
First Appearance: Gift Basket of Deplorables

Warren G Harding

A flirt. A crook. A drunk. "I am not fit for this office and never should have been here."

Comics: 40
Recent Appearance: Poetic License
First Appearance: Temperament

John Tyler

…And Tyler too! Completely opposed his own party. Only President to side with the Confederacy.

Comics: 40
Recent Appearance: Nothing To Campaign About
First Appearance: XVPS

John Quincy Adams

Comics: 39
Recent Appearance: Immoral Profligate
First Appearance: The Election of 1828

James K Polk

For better or for worse, the only president to accomplish all of his campaign promises. “54 40 or fight!”

Comics: 39
Recent Appearance: The Law, in its Majestic Equality
First Appearance: Columbus Day

Dwight D Eisenhower

Spoke out about the dangers of the “military-industrial complex" and we laughed and laughed and...

Comics: 38
Recent Appearance: So... Again...
First Appearance: The Other Kind of Fair

Eye

Reverse of the Great Seal of the United States

Comics: 37
Recent Appearance: Deep Thoughts From the Deep State
First Appearance: Annuit Coeptis

James Buchanan

Decided the best way to govern was to keep the peace by just simply letting things spiral out of control.

Comics: 35
Recent Appearance: Positive Spin
First Appearance: The Ol' James Buchanan Try

Democrat

A donkey.

Comics: 32
Recent Appearance: Saving Democracy
First Appearance: Pneumonia

John F Kennedy

He chose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other thing.

Comics: 32
Recent Appearance: Executive Order 10290
First Appearance: Debate Prep

Martin Van Buren

The first president officially born in the United States of America. Spoke Dutch.

Comics: 30
Recent Appearance: Pathetic
First Appearance: Twin Tower Mattress Sale

George W Bush

Gave us eight years of "funny Bush-isms" to distract us from invading the wrong country to impress Daddy.

Comics: 29
Recent Appearance: Drums of War
First Appearance: The Other Kind of Fair

Republican

An elephant.

Comics: 29
Recent Appearance: Brink of Collapse
First Appearance: Pneumonia

Grover Cleveland 1

Married Frances Folsom during his first term, who promised to be back in four years after losing re-election.

Comics: 28
Recent Appearance: When the President Does It
First Appearance: George Washingtron

Herbert Hoover

"A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage!" Just kidding - economic depression for everybody!

Comics: 28
Recent Appearance: Core Mission
First Appearance: Here Comes The Sun

Barack Obama

Not the President that America deserves, but the President that America needs.

Comics: 28
Recent Appearance: Saving Democracy
First Appearance: The Ol' James Buchanan Try

Andrew Johnson

Honored his fallen predecessor the only way he knew how, by undoing all of Lincoln’s accomplishments one by one.

Comics: 28
Recent Appearance: The Other Tennessee Three
First Appearance: A Pretty Good Team

James Garfield

Shot in the chest and died from 19th century medical practices because he didn't want to give a madman a job.

Comics: 27
Recent Appearance: I'm Not a Crook
First Appearance: Twenty Dollars

Benjamin Franklin

The inventor of the stove.

Comics: 26
Recent Appearance: The Case for Impeachment
First Appearance: The Arbiter of Chaos

William McKinley

Allowed media tycoons to declare war on Spain so they could sell more newspapers.

Comics: 26
Recent Appearance: What Would Give Your Life the Fullest Dinner Pail?
First Appearance: A Few Of My Favorite Things

Lyndon B Johnson

Took a short vacation from being a life-long racist to sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Comics: 25
Recent Appearance: Make No Mistake
First Appearance: Police State

James Monroe

The Monroe Doctrine: you stay on your side and we’ll stay on our side.

Comics: 25
Recent Appearance: What Would Give Your Life the Fullest Dinner Pail?
First Appearance: Father of Daughters

Millard Fillmore

The last Whig to be President, finally doing away with the silly notion that Congress should hold any real power.

Comics: 24
Recent Appearance: Convenient Scapegoat
First Appearance: XVPS

Rutherford B Hayes

After months of contested voting results, elected in a series of back-room deals. Democracy!

Comics: 22
Recent Appearance: White House Easter Egg Roll
First Appearance: Rigged

Zachary Taylor

Never wanted to become President, so the Universe granted his wish a year later.

Comics: 22
Recent Appearance: Santa Ana Winds
First Appearance: The Best Portrait

Grover Cleveland 2

Comics: 22
Recent Appearance: Veto Power
First Appearance: A Few Of My Favorite Things

Redcoat

Never could stand to see good tea go to waste.

Comics: 22
Recent Appearance: Fleas
First Appearance: Meanwhile in 1775

Franklin Pierce

After a train accident killed his son, he spent the entire term of his Presidency mourning instead of leading.

Comics: 21
Recent Appearance: Guano Islands Act
First Appearance: Twin Tower Mattress Sale

Chester A Arthur

Product of political corruption but broke all ties to past cronies once in office.

Comics: 21
Recent Appearance: Don't Forget Chet
First Appearance: Who's Chester A Arthur?

Bill Clinton

Comics: 21
Recent Appearance: Precedent
First Appearance: The Best Portrait

Joe Biden

Breaking down the malarkey of evil, armed only with his sense of duty, Irish parental expressions, and a winning smile.

Comics: 19
Recent Appearance: Biden Drops Out
First Appearance: Vice Presidential Debate

TV Media

Comics: 19
Recent Appearance: Presidents Love Documents
First Appearance: Breaking News

Abigail Adams

Comics: 19
Recent Appearance: Gentleman and Soldier
First Appearance: One Man Bland

William Henry Harrison

Too stubborn to wear a coat to his inauguration. Tippecanoe!

Comics: 17
Recent Appearance: Curse of Tippecanoe
First Appearance: Pneumonia

Benjamin Harrison

Comics: 17
Recent Appearance: Centennial President
First Appearance: Man in the Mirror

George HW Bush

Saw the end of the Soviet Union and then we decided we didn’t need him anymore.

Comics: 16
Recent Appearance: Toilet Paper Stockpile
First Appearance: Robocall Loves You

Calvin Coolidge

A dry wit but spoke little, a woman once made a bet she could get three words out of him. He replied “you lose.”

Comics: 16
Recent Appearance: Silent Confidence
First Appearance: XVPS

Gerald Ford

Appointed Vice President. President by vacancy. Only one to hold the office without being elected in any way.

Comics: 14
Recent Appearance: When the President Does It
First Appearance: The Buck Stops Here

Jimmy Carter

Comics: 14
Recent Appearance: Saving Democracy
First Appearance: Precious Little Snowflakes

Columbia

The spirit of America

Comics: 13
Recent Appearance: Party Identity
First Appearance: The Patriot Sisters

Liberty

Freedom to do what one pleases, limited by one's ability and the rights of others.

Comics: 12
Recent Appearance: Abusing the Blessings of Liberty
First Appearance: The Queue Colossus

Supreme Court

Comics: 11
Recent Appearance: Roe V Wade 50
First Appearance: La Scalia

Hillary Clinton

The most experienced private citizen in the history of the United States.

Comics: 10
Recent Appearance: Hillary 4.0
First Appearance: Trust Issues

Join or Die

A political cartoon originally drawn by Benjamin Franklin

Comics: 10
Recent Appearance: Civil Serpents
First Appearance: Join, or DIE

Justice

The peace of equality under the blind eyes of the law

Comics: 10
Recent Appearance: The Law, in its Majestic Equality
First Appearance: The Patriot Sisters

Betsy Ross

Comics: 10
Recent Appearance: Rally Around the Flag
First Appearance: Betsy Ross Graphic Design

Alexander Hamilton

Comics: 9
Recent Appearance: An American Empire
First Appearance: Hamilton Electors

Adolf Hitler

The barometer to which all modern acts of evils are judged against. Amateur painter.

Comics: 8
Recent Appearance: Killing Hitler
First Appearance: Backpfeifengesicht

Vladimir Putin

Just your average patriotic voter wanting to Make America Great Again.

Comics: 7
Recent Appearance: Resolute with Resolutions
First Appearance: The Inauguration of Donald Trump

Print Media

Comics: 7
Recent Appearance: Reporting on the Report
First Appearance: Freedom of the Pressed

Mr Economy

A magical fairy that only the top 1% can see

Comics: 7
Recent Appearance: The Sadness of Mr. Economy
First Appearance: Mr. Economy

King George III

Comics: 7
Recent Appearance: Burying the Leadership
First Appearance: Signing of the Declaration of Independence

Ku Kluxer

Not racist, just believes in a doctrine that people of color are inherently inferior to the master white race.

Comics: 6
Recent Appearance: Resolute with Resolutions
First Appearance: Klanbusters

Eleanor Roosevelt

Longest serving First Lady and champion to all issues that are somehow still problems today.

Comics: 6
Recent Appearance: Slap In The Face
First Appearance: Eleanor

Tammany Tiger

Metaphor for political corruption. What are you going to do about it?

Comics: 5
Recent Appearance: Four Years Later
First Appearance: The Arbiter of Chaos

Robocall

Robocall subverts integrity in political elections to win your love.

Comics: 5
Recent Appearance: A Fourth Ticket Out of Iowa
First Appearance: Robocall Loves You

Eagle

Obverse of the Great Seal of the United States

Comics: 5
Recent Appearance: Birds of Courage
First Appearance: October Surprise

Bernie Sanders

Inspired an entire generation of Americans to believe in, and yet not actually vote for, socially progressive policy.

Comics: 5
Recent Appearance: Executive Orders
First Appearance: Rigged

Freedom

The right to live outside the bounds of tyranny

Comics: 5
Recent Appearance: Nagasaki 75
First Appearance: The Patriot Sisters

Allan Pinkerton

The most famous private eye in American history, so much that the term "private eye" was coined based on his logo.

Comics: 5
Recent Appearance: The Baltimore Plot - Part Five: Better Angels
First Appearance: The Baltimore Plot - Part One: Pinkertons Assemble

Santa Anna

Comics: 5
Recent Appearance: Santa Ana Winds
First Appearance: Old Rough and Ready – Part Three: Buena Vista Drift

Martin Luther King Jr

Comics: 5
Recent Appearance: Stay Dreamin'
First Appearance: Quotable Quotes

Kamala Harris

Comics: 5
Recent Appearance: How Do We Feel About Kamala Harris?
First Appearance: Forced Trooping

Silicon Valley Bank

Comics: 5
Recent Appearance: Same Time, Next Crisis Cycle
First Appearance: Seizure Salad

Christopher Columbus

A murderer that we sing about in upbeat nursery rhymes for children.

Comics: 4
Recent Appearance: True&False - Christopher Columbus
First Appearance: Columbus Day

Kate Warne

The United States' first female detective after barging into Allan Pinkerton's office and asking "well... why not hire me?"

Comics: 4
Recent Appearance: The Baltimore Plot - Part Five: Better Angels
First Appearance: The Baltimore Plot - Part One: Pinkertons Assemble

Nellie Taft

Comics: 4
Recent Appearance: The Caveat of Kavanaugh
First Appearance: The Thirteen Stripes

John C Calhoun

Comics: 4
Recent Appearance: The Overthrow of Hawaii - Part One: Aloha Oe
First Appearance: Calhoun

Jefferson Davis

Comics: 4
Recent Appearance: Secession From the Terms of Service
First Appearance: Old Rough and Ready – Part Two: 2 Rough 2 Ready

William Tecumseh Sherman

Comics: 4
Recent Appearance: Eco-Friendly Warfare
First Appearance: Dear Julia

Harry Davies

A spy playing a Southern gentlemen for Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

Comics: 3
Recent Appearance: The Baltimore Plot - Part Five: Better Angels
First Appearance: The Baltimore Plot - Part One: Pinkertons Assemble

Ward Hill Lamon

Abraham Lincoln's self-appointed body guard for almost the entire time in office. Never has enough knives and guns.

Comics: 3
Recent Appearance: The Baltimore Plot - Part Five: Better Angels
First Appearance: The Baltimore Plot – Part Two: Linking Up With Lincoln

John Hancock

Comics: 3
Recent Appearance: Before
First Appearance: Signing of the Declaration of Independence

Robert E Lee

Comics: 3
Recent Appearance: The Art of the Surrender
First Appearance: Robert E. Lee

Henry Clay

Comics: 3
Recent Appearance: Speaker of the House, Quick to Catch Your Eye
First Appearance: Old Rough and Ready – Part Four: Rough 4

William R King

Comics: 3
Recent Appearance: Straight Pride Parade
First Appearance: William R. King for Senate

Frederick Douglass

Comics: 3
Recent Appearance: Inexplicably Contrary
First Appearance: Two Approaches, One Goal

Elizabeth Warren

Comics: 3
Recent Appearance: A Fourth Ticket Out of Iowa
First Appearance: Elizabeth Warren Has A Plan For That

John Marshall

Comics: 3
Recent Appearance: Now Let Him Enforce It
First Appearance: Judicial Review

Captains of Industry

Comics: 3
Recent Appearance: Relief Check
First Appearance: Electability

AI Chatbot

Comics: 3
Recent Appearance: Machine Learning
First Appearance: James Garfield meets an AI

George Washingtron

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: Myths and Men
First Appearance: George Washingtron

Amerigo Vespucci

Our continent's eponym despite all reasonable logic.

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: America First
First Appearance: Make America Great Again

Chief Amalgam

At least different chiefs we combined together to make a nickel.

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: Trick or Treat Yourself
First Appearance: Make America Great Again

Timothy Webster

A detective spy for Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Frequently works undercover as Hattie Lawton's husband.

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: The Baltimore Plot - Part Five: Better Angels
First Appearance: The Baltimore Plot - Part One: Pinkertons Assemble

Hattie Lawton

Hired as a spy by Kate Warne for Pinkerton's Woman Detective Department. Frequently works undercover as Timothy Webster's wife.

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: The Baltimore Plot - Part Five: Better Angels
First Appearance: The Baltimore Plot - Part One: Pinkertons Assemble

Cipriano Ferrandini

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: The Baltimore Plot - Part Five: Better Angels
First Appearance: The Baltimore Plot - Part Three: Chain Reactions

Frances Folsom

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: Immaculate Confection
First Appearance: The Wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom

Francis Scott Key

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: Very Winning, Strong Issue
First Appearance: Defence of Fort M'Henry

Thomas Paine

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: Common Sense
First Appearance: Letters to Mr. Washington – Conway Cabal

Margaret Taylor

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: Old Rough and Ready – Part Five: The Rate of the Ready
First Appearance: Old Rough and Ready – Part Four: Rough 4

Sarah Knox Taylor

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: Old Rough and Ready – Part Three: Buena Vista Drift
First Appearance: Old Rough and Ready – Part Two: 2 Rough 2 Ready

Black Hawk

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: Activity Page 750!
First Appearance: Old Rough and Ready – Part Two: 2 Rough 2 Ready

Emma Lazarus

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: Public Charge
First Appearance: Emma Lazarus

William Jennings Bryan

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: ENUFSED
First Appearance: Hillary 4.0

Lucy Webb Hayes

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: White House Easter Egg Roll
First Appearance: Divine Nomination

Susan B Anthony

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: HR1
First Appearance: Susan B. Anthony

Edith Wilson

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: Edith Wilson: First Female President
First Appearance: Stroke of Bad Luck

Pete Buttigieg

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: A Fourth Ticket Out of Iowa
First Appearance: Electability

John Bingham

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: House Resolution 24
First Appearance: Two-thirds of the Members Present

Gadsden

Comics: 2
Recent Appearance: One Minute Public Comment
First Appearance: Civil Serpents

RINO

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: RINO

Sacagawea

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: By Any Means Necessary

Aaron Burr

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Dropping Hamiltons

Michelle Obama

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Happy Birther-Day, Obama

Louisa Adams

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: The Thirteen Stripes

Charles G Dawson

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: The Thirteen Stripes

Crispus Attucks

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Before

Jackie Kennedy

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: JFK Files

Mamie Eisenhower

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Eisenhowlaween

Thomas Conway

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Letters to Mr. Washington – Conway Cabal

Horatio Gates

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Letters to Mr. Washington – Conway Cabal

Elbridge Gerry

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Putting the Gerry back in Gerrymander

Liliuokalani

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: The Overthrow of Hawaii - Part One: Aloha Oe

James Henderson Blount

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: The Overthrow of Hawaii - Part One: Aloha Oe

Dolley Madison

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Age of Entitlement

Martha Washington

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Self-Made

James Ga

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: American Ingenuity

Lucretia Rudolph Garfield

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Hidden Talents

Melania Trump

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Peas and Carrots

Shirley Chisholm

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Bring a Folding Chair

Lou Henry Hoover

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: De Re Romantica

Barbara Jordan

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Barbara Jordan

Kim Jong-un

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: On The World Stage

David Rice Atchison

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: David Rice Atchison

Harriet Tubman

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Alternating Currency

Marsha P Johnson

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Stonewall

Patrick Henry

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Anti-Federalists

John Jay

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Anti-Federalists

Bald Eagle

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Lesser Eagle

Theodore Roosevelt Sr

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Theodore Roosevelt Sr.

Ellen Wilson

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Rose Garden

Mike Pence

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: On the Phone with Mike Pence

Roger Taney

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: What is Your Favorite Comic?

Frank

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: Bailout

Memorial Lincoln

Comics: 1
Only Appearance: With Malice Toward None