E. A. Bushnell


Elmer Andrews Bushnell was an American cartoonist, known for his political cartoons. 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 to Wells Andrews Bushnell and Emma Jane Bliss. He married Alice Mead Wicks on April 26, 1899 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. They then moved to Cincinnati.
He first worked for the Cincinnati Post for several years, before working for the Cincinnati Times-Star. He then joined a newspaper syndicate. He also worked for the New York Globe and the New York Journal.
He died on January 27, 1939 in Cincinnati.