As mentioned in the above quote, while the first Thomas Nast Republican elephant cartoon appeared in the Harper’s Weekly ...

On Nov. 7, 1874, the first cartoon depicting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party was printed in Harper's Weekly.

The donkey and elephant became political symbols in the United States through a combination of historical events and the work ...

The donkey and elephant ... symbols in U.S. politics is rooted in political cartoons from that period, with the donkey symbolizing the Democratic Party and the elephant symbolizing the Republican ...

His dense and meticulously labeled cartoons served as arguments for analysis and discussion, popularizing the elephant as a symbol for the Republican Party. Despite facing financial troubles later ...

Although no crystal clear reason has been given for the animal associations, it is thought that the Republican elephant was first used in an Illinois newspaper back in the 1860 presidential ...

The symbols tied to the Republican and Democratic parties (the elephant and donkey) have actually been around for more than 100 years.

Perpetuated by political cartoonist Thomas Nast, the donkey became a symbol for the Democratic Party. Soon, Nast invited ...

Since 1860, those two parties have been the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Republican Party emerged in 1854 from the embers of the anti-slavery movement and the ashes of the Whigs.

In October 1959, 65 years ago, the Pottsville Republican published a week-long ... arrived at Pottsville in 1886. “Picks and shovels wielded by these man of muscle and brawn, dug a 2,200 foot ...

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ATLANTA — It's election season once again, and you may ask, "Why is that elephant waving an American flag with its trunk?" or, "Why is that donkey dressed like Uncle Sam?" The donkey has long ...