The image stuck, and the donkey began to be associated with the Democratic Party. Popularization : The symbol of the donkey was further popularized by the famous political cartoonist Thomas Nast ...

During the American Civil War, which began in 1861 during Lincoln's presidential term, the image of an elephant was featured as a Republican symbol in at least one political cartoon and a ...

The Republican elephant was first seen in an 1874 cartoon by satirist and conservative cartoonist Thomas Nast of Harper's Weekly. ... His image of Santa Claus is still what we think of today.

On Sunday evening, the Lawrence County GOP posted on Facebook thanking its county party chairman. In the post, the party included an image of the Republican Party elephant. However, the elephant in ...

Democratic donkey and Republican elephant | Why are these the party mascots? It turns out these animals have been patriotic since the 19th century. To stream 11Alive on your phone, you need the ...

An Alabama Republican group apologized after using a picture of an elephant that contained imagery related to the Ku Klux Klan. The Lawrence County Republican Party posted an image on Facebook of ...

The Lawrence County Republican Party intended to post an image of the GOP elephant on its Facebook page, but ended up using one in which the white spaces between the animal’s legs were drawn to ...

A Republican group in Alabama is apologizing after accidentally using a picture of the GOP elephant that contained Ku Klux Klan imagery. The Lawrence County Republican Party intended to post an ...

Political Pattie’s in Washington, D.C., removed the Republican elephant and Democratic donkey from its logo just after opening as critics bashed the new bar for showing the GOP mascot.

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