Unanimous!,1913,Victoriano Huerta,Mexican Congress,Soldiers,Thomas Powers

Title: Unanimous!
Creator(s): Powers, Thomas E., 1870-1939, artist
Date Created/Published: 1913 Dec. 23 [publication date]
Summary: Huerta leans against a podium before the Mexican Congress. Soldiers from his army hold guns at the legislator's heads, forcing them to support Huerta's actions.
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Signed, lower left: TE Powers.
Title inscribed above image.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.1160)
Victoriano Huerta assumed the presidency of Mexico after participating in a revolt to overthrow President Francisco Madero in February of 1913. In an attempt to assert total sovereignty over his country, he dissolved the legislature and violently suppressed all opponents. Under attack by revolutionaries and pressured by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson to step down from office, he eventually resigned and fled to Spain. Powers' cartoon comments on the coercive tactics employed by Huerta in order to maintain support for his regime.
Published in: New York American, December 23, 1913.
Subjects:
Huerta, Victoriano,--1845-1916.
Legislators--Mexico--1910-1920.
Drawings--American--1910-1920.
Editorial cartoons--American--1910-1920.
Periodical illustrations--American--1910-1920.
Bookmark /2009617178/
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