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During the [[United States presidential election, 1884|1884 presidential election]], Nast refused to support corrupt [[Half-Breed]] Republican nominee [[James G. Blaine]],<ref name=illustrationhistorybio/> who he actively despised,<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/item/2010717274/ [James Blaine with "As speaker" and "R.R. jobs" letters sticking out of his back pocket and reaching for "the Mulligan letters" over "Blaine's record" hat<nowiki>]</nowiki>]. ''Library of Congress''. Retrieved November 13, 2021.</ref> instead joining the GOP [[Mugwump]] faction. His open support for [[Bourbon Democrat]] nominee [[Grover Cleveland]] instead led to disputes with other editors in Harper's Weekly, as well as additional complaints.<ref name=illustrationhistorybio/>
During the [[United States presidential election, 1884|1884 presidential election]], Nast refused to support corrupt [[Half-Breed]] Republican nominee [[James G. Blaine]],<ref name=illustrationhistorybio/> who he actively despised,<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/item/2010717274/ [James Blaine with "As speaker" and "R.R. jobs" letters sticking out of his back pocket and reaching for "the Mulligan letters" over "Blaine's record" hat<nowiki>]</nowiki>]. ''Library of Congress''. Retrieved November 13, 2021.</ref> instead joining the GOP [[Mugwump]] faction. His open support for [[Bourbon Democrat]] nominee [[Grover Cleveland]] instead led to disputes with other editors in Harper's Weekly, as well as additional complaints.<ref name=illustrationhistorybio/>
[[File:Thomas Nast 1890s LOC picture.png|thumb|right|180px|Nast in the 1890s.]]
Nast's breaks with Harper's Weekly editors only increased by 1885 due to differences over image production techniques,<ref name=thoughtcobio/> middle-class cultural shifts, and the Republican Party.<ref name=illustrationhistorybio/> His last cartoon published from the magazine was in the following year.<ref name=britannicabio/> Although Nast's works would be published by other journals, they became infrequent.
Nast's breaks with Harper's Weekly editors only increased by 1885 due to differences over image production techniques,<ref name=thoughtcobio/> middle-class cultural shifts, and the Republican Party.<ref name=illustrationhistorybio/> His last cartoon published from the magazine was in the following year.<ref name=britannicabio/> Although Nast's works would be published by other journals, they became infrequent.