George McManus

George McManus (January 23, 1884 – October 22, 1954) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of Irish immigrant Jiggs and his wife Maggie, the main characters of his syndicated comic strip, Bringing Up Father.

Biography

Born in St. Louis, Missouri of Irish parents, McManus had an innate gift for drawing and a sense of humor. He recalled an incident when he was in high school: "My teacher sent home to my parents a picture I had drawn of a classmate named Sweeney. 'This is what your boy has been doing,' the teacher wrote, icily. I laid the note in Pop's lap and headed wearily for the woodshed. But Pop, instead, put on his hat and coat and went to the editor of The Republican. He showed Sweeney to the editor. Next day I had a job on The Republican at $5 a week—as an errand boy."

At The Republican, he created his first comic strip, Alma and Oliver. In 1904, after winning $3000 at the racetrack, he went to New York City and a job with the prestigious New York World, where he worked on several short-lived comic strips, including Snoozer, The Merry Marcelene, Ready Money Ladies, Cheerful Charlie, Nibsby the Newsboy in Funny Fairyland, Panhandle Pete and Let George Do It.

George McManus (politician)

George John McManus (1806 – October 18, 1887) was an Ontario political figure. He represented Cardwell in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative-Liberal member from 1871 to 1874.

McManus was born in Kilbride, County Cavan, Ireland, grew up there and settled in Mono Township in the summer of 1829. He was reeve for the township for many years and served as warden for Simcoe County in 1859. McManus was named superintendent of schools in 1844 and also served as justice of the peace and a lieutenant-colonel in the local militia. In 1831, he married Anne Carson; he married Alice Kills in 1866 after Anne's death.

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George McManus (baseball)

George McManus (June 18, 1846 - October 2, 1918) was a manager in Major League Baseball. He managed the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the National League for part of the 1876 season and all of the 1877 season.

His career managerial record was 34-34 in 68 games. His team finished in second place in 1876 and fourth in 1877.

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