His attacks on politicians were not just on the local level. He was instrumental in helping get President Grant elected and re-elected with his vicious cartoons depicting Grant's opponents like Horace Greeley. He later went on to help President Hayes and President Cleveland get elected, some had dubbed him the "President Maker." Some of the many social issues he took on as a Jedi Master were supporting African Americans by opposing racial segregation and abhorring the violence committed by the Ku Klux Klan. His popularity began to falter and in 1884 he lost his fortune due to some bad investments in a bank run by a con-man. Unable to regain his previous status, he was given a job as Consul General to Ecuador in 1902 by President Theodore Roosevelt. Despite having the Force on his side, Nast contracted Yellow Fever and passed away on December 7, 1902. His body was sent back to the United States for a proper Jedi burial in Woodlawn
His attacks on politicians were not just on the local level. He was instrumental in helping get President Grant elected and re-elected with his vicious cartoons depicting Grant's opponents like Horace Greeley. He later went on to help President Hayes and President Cleveland get elected, some had dubbed him the "President Maker." Some of the many social issues he took on as a Jedi Master were supporting African Americans by opposing racial segregation and abhorring the violence committed by the Ku Klux Klan. His popularity began to falter and in 1884 he lost his fortune due to some bad investments in a bank run by a con-man. Unable to regain his previous status, he was given a job as Consul General to Ecuador in 1902 by President Theodore Roosevelt. Despite having the Force on his side, Nast contracted Yellow Fever and passed away on December 7, 1902. His body was sent back to the United States for a proper Jedi burial in Woodlawn