Untitled [Senatorial Deadlocks] cartoon by Clifford Berryman, February 4, 1911
This Clifford Berryman cartoon illustrates the recurring problem of state legislatures that could not agree on who to elect to the Senate. Party differences and machine politics often prevented a state from deciding on a senator for months or even years. Berryman shows four states which left an empty Senate seat because they could not agree on a candidate.
Untitled [Senatorial Deadlocks] cartoon by Clifford Berryman, February 4, 1911; Records of the U.S. Senate Collection, Record Group 46; National Archives, Washington, DC.