Unlike the Democrats, the Republican Party has embraced its party mascot. The elephant appeared in July at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. It appears on the party's website. It ...

In 1874, the New York Herald loudly opposed the possibility of Ulysses S. Grant running for a third presidential term and cried Caesarism.Nast, a life-long Republican who’d become frustrated ...

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The elephant, the familiar mascot associated with Grand Old Party, has symbolized the Republican Party ever since its first use in 1874 by the Republican and political cartoonist Thomas Nast.

With all due respect to Becker’s artwork, I’d say we need another symbol for the Republican Party. Perhaps lemmings — although I imagine they are not as much fun to draw.

The time has come. The Republican party should make it official: their new mascot, the new symbol of what they stand for, is now the sheep, not the elephant. Should there be any doubt, Google the ...

In March of 1877, after Republican Rutherford B. Hayes’ controversial victory, a Nast cartoon showed an injured elephant (“Republican Party”) kneeling at a tombstone labeled “Democratic ...

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?" Skip Navigation.