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This image shows William Jennings Bryan attending a state dinner at the White House hosted by departing President Theodore Roosevelt. Bryan, who would soon secure the Democratic nomination for President, is shown looking longingly at the Presidential chair. Roosevelt tries to guide the fixated Bryan back to the dining area while the teddy bear comments on Bryan's Presidential dreams.
"So Near and Yet So Far!" by Clifford Berryman, May 3, 1908. U.S. Senate Collection, Center for Legislative Archives.