Two-time Pulitzer Prize Recipient. He received the Pulitzer Prize twice in the category of editorial cartoonist. After leaving high school without graduating, he studied for two years at the Art Institute of Chicago. From 1911 to 1912, he worked as a staff artist and cartoonist at the "Chicago Daily News." In 1913 he began to work for the "St. Louis Dispatch" in St. Louis, Missouri, as a cartoonist. During his time at the newspaper, he created some 14,000 editorial drawings that were championed toward the underdog types. In 1926 and 1955 he received the Pulitzer Prize for his drawings. His first award-winning cartoon "The Laws of Moses and the Laws of Today," which was published on April 12, 1926, addressed the increasing laws and legislation of his era compared to the few laws of Moses in the Bible. The second award-winning cartoon, "How Would Another Mistake Help?" appeared in the June 8, 1954 edition. The cartoon had Uncle Sam with a weapon in his hand and in large print "French Mistakes in Indochina" and in smaller print "How Would Another Mistake Help?", thus addressing the United States' future military involvement in Indochina. After zealously criticizing in a cartoon the dismissed court decision of a criminal case against Edward M. Brady, a member of the State House of Representatives and involving thousands of dollars, he was sentenced on April 13, 1940 by Judge Rowe to 10 days in jail and a $100 fine for contempt of court. The judge ordered the "St. Louis Dispatch" to pay a two-thousand-dollar fine for damages. With a theater marquee stating "Ten Grand Gone with the Wind," his satirical cartoon was labeled "Burlesque House in Rat Alley". At that point, he then published the cartoon "A Threat as Old as Democracy," showing the muscular forearm of the Statue of Liberty holding the torch with a nearby snake-like pair of shackles opened, a caption reads "Freedom of the Press." On June 10, 1941, the discission was reversed on appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court, which followed with his cartoon, "Free Speech Upheld," showing the judge's robed hand writing these words. In 1960 a sixteen-episode documentary on his work aired on television with Fitzpatrick being the commentator. One episode featured his "Rat Alley," where corrupted politicians met organized crime in his cartoons. His first "Rat Alley" cartoon was in 1931, yet continued throughout his career. He retired in 1958 after 45 years at the newspaper. Other awards that he received include the Hillman Prize in 1954 and Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism in 1958. Fitzpatrick's cartoons were syndicated in thirty-five newspapers in the United States. During his lifetime, his cartoons were exhibited at the St. Louis Art Museum as well as the Moscow Museum of Modern Western Painting in Russia. In the spring of 1941, the Associated American Artists Gallery in New York City held its second exhibit of Fitzpatrick's cartoons. His body was donated to the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.