Elmer Andrews Bushnell (July 30, 1872 - January 27, 1939) was an American

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, known for his

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s. Historians Alan Marcus and Zane Miller have credited Bushnell with a part in the downfall of George B. Cox.

Biography

He was born on July 30, 1872, in

Bloomfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio Bloomfield Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,249 people in the township. Geography Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: ...

, to Wells Andrews Bushnell and Emma Jane Bliss. He married Alice Mead Wicks on April 26, 1899, in

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. They then moved to

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. He first worked for the '' Cincinnati Post'' for several years, before working for the '' Cincinnati Times-Star''. He then joined a

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. He also worked for the '' New York Globe'' and the ''

New York Journal :''Includes coverage of New York Journal-American and its predecessors New York Journal, The Journal, New York American and New York Evening Journal'' The ''New York Journal-American'' was a daily newspaper published in New York City from 1937 ...

''. He died on January 27, 1939, in Cincinnati.

References

Artists from Cincinnati 1872 births 1939 deaths Deaths from pneumonia in Ohio People from Trumbull County, Ohio American editorial cartoonists {{US-cartoonist-stub