Politics: Campaign 2008

Gallery: Campaign Surprises

Scandal, Gossip and Innuendo on the Road to the Presidency

Though not directly involved, President Ulysses S. Grant was tarnished by the Whiskey Ring, a group of liquor distributors who tried to avoid federal taxes. Grant's personal secretary was indicted, but later acquitted in the scandal. This political cartoon depicts the president as an acrobat barely holding on for another term.