The news spread, and Washington Post cartoonist Clifford Berryman further popularized the tale. In “Drawing the Line in Mississippi,” Berryman depicted the president with his back turned to a ...

But back in Washington the newspaper stories of the president’s sporting refusal to shoot a defenseless bear reached the desk of Clifford Berryman, then a cartoonist for The Washington Post.

Hearing of this event, artist Clifford K. Berryman of the Washington Post created an amusing cartoon called "Drawing the line in Mississippi." People across the country were delighted by both ...